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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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:54 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Mex
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Tidal
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind
    16. EelSubmarinedone 4:29 · typical 4:22
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Wind
    20. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:22 · typical 5:35
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×3
  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 · 148 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. Mex
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. NettleNettle
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Mex
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Wind
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. AnemoneAnemone
    21. Wind ×4
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Mex
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. Converter
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:17
    40. Wind
    41. HarpoonHarpoon
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. CorsairDestroyer
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×2
    51. CorsairDestroyer
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter ×2
    54. Wind ×3
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Construction ShipCon ship
    67. Con turret
    68. SkaterSkater
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. CauteriserCauteriser
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Naval Construction Turret
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Mex
    84. Naval Construction Turret
    85. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. Wind
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Tidal
    92. Wind
    93. Tidal
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. Wind
    96. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Converter
    99. Tidal
    100. Mex
    101. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    102. Tidal
    103. Wind
    104. Tidal
    105. Wind
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. SkaterSkater
    108. Wind
    109. Tidal
    110. SkaterSkater
    111. Wind
    112. Tidal
    113. CorsairDestroyer
    114. Tidal
    115. Converter
    116. Tidal
    117. CorsairDestroyer
    118. Wind
    119. Tidal
    120. SkaterSkater
    121. Wind
    122. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    123. Tidal
    124. Mex
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    128. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:56
    129. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:53
    132. Naval Construction Turret
    133. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    134. Wind
    135. Naval Construction Turret
    136. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Naval Construction Turret
    139. Wind
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    141. Mex
    142. BeamerBeamer
    143. Naval Construction Turret
    144. SentrySentry
    145. Tidal ×2
    146. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    147. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    148. Tidal ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

_X_

41.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
148 metal received · 12555 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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