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Standard geo sea

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 · 725 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 774 · 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 725 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Pond
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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 (44%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Windfor Pond
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    3. Windfor Pond
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Pond
    5. Wind ×3for Pond
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Pond
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Windfor Pond
    12. PawnPawn
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Windfor Pond
    15. Mex
    16. LazarusLazarusfor Pond
    17. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:13 · 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: Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Windfor Pond
    2. Mexfor Pond
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Con turretfor Pond
    5. Construction ShipCon shipfor Pond
    6. Windfor Pond
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2for Pond
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Con turretfor Pond
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:08 · typical 5:35
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Converter
  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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (33%)

    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 · 96 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Converterfor Pond
    3. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:32 · typical 7:45
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Converterfor Pond
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Pond
    7. Mex
    8. Windfor Pond
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Pond
    11. Windfor Pond
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Windfor Pond
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Windfor Pond
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Windfor Pond
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Con turret
    20. Windfor Pond
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Windfor Pond
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Windfor Pond
    25. NettleNettle
    26. SentrySentry
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Windfor Pond
    29. Construction ShipCon ship
    30. Windfor Pond
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Energy storagefor Pond
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. SentrySentry
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Towerfor Pond
    38. SentrySentryfor Pond
    39. Windfor Pond
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Ponddone 9:09 · typical 9:18
    41. Naval Construction Turret
    42. Energy storagefor Pond
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Mexfor Pond
    45. Windfor Pond
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Towerfor Pond
    47. EelSubmarinedone 9:10 · typical 4:22
    48. Converter ×2
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Towerfor Pond
    50. Converter
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Converter ×2
    54. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Converterfor Pond
    57. Converter
    58. Naval Energy Converter
    59. Converter
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Pond
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    63. Wind
    64. Converterfor Pond
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Wind
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Converterfor Pond
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. Converterfor Pond
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Wind
    75. Tidal
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Converterfor Pond
    78. Wind
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Wind
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Converterfor Pond
    83. Wind
    84. Construction ShipCon ship
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Windfor Pond
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Windfor Pond
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. CorsairDestroyer
    91. Windfor Pond
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    93. Windfor Pond
    94. Con turretfor Pond
    95. Windfor Pond
    96. ShipyardShipyardfor Ponddone 12:13

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (36 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 64% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:42 · 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

774 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002926051
5:00414617574
6:005556541312
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711033
9:001067625461676
10:001295034962273
11:001569646933181
12:001869457953959
13:002186669634765
14:002559380765669
15:002907491356705
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

Hannodins

35.9 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
408 metal received · 26913 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=742
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=763
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=461
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=716
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:11 · n=471
Advanced Metal Extractor9:18Middle 50%: 8:37–10:07 · n=676

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