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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo sea play: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, geothermal around 7:40 to fund the later fleet transition.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:13

  1. Open 3 mex and wind into Bot Lab.
  2. Put up Shipyard with naval turret and BP for defense.
  3. Send out "submarine" then "destroyer" to contest the sea.
  4. Bring geothermal online to fund the fleet.
  5. Add Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transitions.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 740 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:06–1:18

    Some games also: wind for allies (44%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:40 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:50–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:02 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Mex ×2
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Mex ×2
    11. EllysawFrigate
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:34 · typical 5:35
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin5 Dolphin
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 116 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SentrySentry
    3. DolphinDolphin ×2
    4. Mex
    5. SentrySentry
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Construction ShipCon ship
    18. Tidal
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Tidal
    22. Wind
    23. Tidal
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:04 · typical 9:17
    27. Tidal
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. Tidal
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Tidal
    35. Wind
    36. Tidal
    37. Wind
    38. Tidal
    39. Wind
    40. Tidal
    41. Wind
    42. Tidal
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Wind
    45. Tidal
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Tidal
    48. EllysawFrigate
    49. Tidal
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Tidal
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Naval Energy Converter
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Naval Energy Converter
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Naval Energy Converter
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Naval Energy Converter
    61. SentrySentry
    62. EllysawFrigate
    63. Naval Energy Converter
    64. CorsairDestroyer
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. Naval Energy Converter
    68. Construction ShipCon ship
    69. Wind
    70. Naval Energy Converter
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Naval Construction Turret
    73. Wind
    74. Naval Energy Converter
    75. DolphinDolphin ×2
    76. Naval Energy Converter
    77. Wind
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Naval Energy Converter
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Wind
    82. Naval Energy Converter
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Wind
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. Naval Energy Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Wind
    92. Tidal ×2
    93. CorsairDestroyer
    94. Wind
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind
    97. CorsairDestroyer
    98. Tidal
    99. Wind
    100. Tidal
    101. CorsairDestroyer
    102. Tidal
    103. Wind
    104. Tidal
    105. CorsairDestroyer
    106. Tidal
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:37
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Tidal
    111. DolphinDolphin ×3
    112. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    113. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    114. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:56
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (35 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · in 89% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Armada geo sea nearly matches Cortex's economy numbers but wins slightly more often at 53%.

  • + Metal produced reaches 28785 by 15:00, the highest of the sea builds
  • + Own metal lost of 6895 stays well under enemy metal destroyed's 9048
  • − Geothermal only lands in 58% of games by 7:34
  • − T2 factory completes in only 40% of games by 12:43
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

JesterB

35.3 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

108 received units · includes a constructor
358 metal received · 105052 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:18 · n=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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