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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 ×2for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Solar
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:57 · 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 (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Mex
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Tidal
    7. Con turret
    8. Tidal
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind ×2
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Mex
    16. Wind ×2
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. Mex
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Wind ×2
    24. AnemoneAnemone
  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 · 159 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:00 · typical 5:36
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind ×7
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×2
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Converter
    29. EelSubmarinedone 7:30 · typical 4:21
    30. Wind
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. Wind ×2
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Wind
    38. DolphinDolphin
    39. Wind ×2
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Wind
    42. HarpoonHarpoon
    43. Energy storage
    44. SkaterSkater ×2
    45. Wind
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Wind
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    51. Wind
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Wind
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin ×3
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:04 · typical 9:17
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Mex
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. DolphinDolphin ×4
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. Wind
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Wind
    74. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    77. Wind ×2
    78. CorsairDestroyer
    79. Wind ×4
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Wind
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Wind
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Wind
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. Construction ShipCon ship
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Naval Construction Turret ×3
    92. Construction ShipCon ship
    93. Naval Construction Turret
    94. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:45
    95. Tidal ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Tidal
    98. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    99. Construction ShipCon ship
    100. Tidal
    101. Construction ShipCon ship
    102. Tidal
    103. SkaterSkater
    104. Tidal
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. VoyagerVoyager
    107. Tidal ×2
    108. VoyagerVoyager
    109. Tidal ×2
    110. VoyagerVoyager
    111. Tidal
    112. VoyagerVoyager
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. Tidal
    115. VoyagerVoyager
    116. Tidal
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. HavenHaven
    119. Tidal
    120. Naval Construction Turret
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. HavenHaven
    124. Naval Construction Turret
    125. Wind
    126. Tidal
    127. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:27
    128. Wind ×4
    129. Naval Energy Converter
    130. Con turret
    131. Tidal
    132. Wind
    133. Naval Energy Converter
    134. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    135. Wind
    136. Tidal
    137. Wind
    138. Naval Energy Converter
    139. Tidal ×2
    140. Naval Energy Converter
    141. Tidal
    142. Naval Energy Converter
    143. Tidal
    144. Con turret
    145. Naval Energy Converter
    146. Tidal ×2
    147. Naval Energy Converter
    148. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    149. Tidal
    150. Con turret
    151. Tidal ×2
    152. Naval Energy Converter
    153. Tidal ×2
    154. Con turret
    155. Tidal
    156. Naval Energy Converter
    157. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    158. Naval Energy Converter
    159. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (36 OS, 19/08/2026); 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

Crazydogg

35.5 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
33 metal received · 50519 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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