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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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×2
    8. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    9. Wind
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Con turret
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    14. TickTick
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. NettleNettle
    19. Mex ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:42 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Wind
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind ×2
    19. EllysawFrigate
    20. Wind
  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 · 104 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:16 · typical 7:46
    9. Mex
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Mex
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:01 · typical 5:35
    14. EllysawFrigate
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Wind
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. Wind ×2
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08 · typical 9:17
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. EllysawFrigate
    28. Wind
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. EllysawFrigate
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    32. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Converter
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Mex
    38. Converter
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. EllysawFrigate
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Converter
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. Converter
    45. Naval Construction Turret
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. Converter
    51. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:20
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Converter
    57. MaelstromMaelstromdone 12:32
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. NettleNettle
    60. MaelstromMaelstrom
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. NettleNettle
    63. MaelstromMaelstrom
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. NettleNettle
    66. Converter
    67. MaelstromMaelstrom
    68. SkaterSkater
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. NettleNettle
    71. MaelstromMaelstrom
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Wind
    74. MaelstromMaelstrom
    75. Wind
    76. SkaterSkater
    77. Wind
    78. SkaterSkater ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. PaladinCruiserdone 13:49
    83. SkaterSkater
    84. Wind ×2
    85. MaelstromMaelstrom
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Wind
    88. MaelstromMaelstrom
    89. Wind
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. MaelstromMaelstrom
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Wind
    96. MaelstromMaelstrom
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. PaladinCruiser
    99. SkaterSkater
    100. Wind ×2
    101. MaelstromMaelstrom
    102. SkaterSkater ×2
    103. Wind
    104. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pyrothraxus's (35 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

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

pyrothraxus

35.3 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
676 metal received · 146906 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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