Geo sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1353 distinct matches · 173 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1508 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

0:03Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
3:12Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
4:21-5:36Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
7:46Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
9:19Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1353 GAMES

1
20:55
32:47
45:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:55
Economy
- 3Mex
- 3Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:55after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:06–1:18
Some games also: wind for allies (46%)
By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind
The example game in this phase · 7 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:30Solar
3. 0:39Wind ×3
4. 0:59Wind ×2for Air
5. 1:13Energy storage
6. 1:48Mex
7. 1:55Bot Labdone 2:11 · typical 1:12
2
Bot Lab to Shipyard
0:55 – 2:47
Economy
- 1Mex
- 1Wind
Order
1. Shipyard ~2:47after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:48–3:37
Builders
- 3 Con bot
- 2 Lazarus
Some games also: pawn (42%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (39%)
By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind
The example game in this phase · 5 steps
1. 2:12Con bot ×2
2. 2:39Mex
3. 2:53Con bot
4. 3:07Lazarus
5. 3:13Shipyarddone 3:30 · typical 3:11
3
Shipyard to 5:00
2:47 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Mex
- 2Wind
Order
1. Eat Bot Lab ~3:37
Builders
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 3 Dolphin
- 1 Skater
Other
- 1 Radar Tower
Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)
By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret
The example game in this phase · 30 steps
1. 3:20Lazarus
2. 3:31Dolphin
3. 3:34Lazarus
4. 3:34Mex
5. 3:40Con ship
6. 3:49Dolphin
7. 3:53Pawn
8. 3:56Sentry
9. 3:56Dolphin
10. 4:03Skater
11. 4:05Crossbow
12. 4:09Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
13. 4:14Dragon's Teeth
14. 4:16Tidal
15. 4:17Dragon's Teeth
16. 4:18Crossbow
17. 4:20Eat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
18. 4:21Dragon's Teeth
19. 4:22Mex
20. 4:25Dragon's Teeth
21. 4:27Nettle
22. 4:28Dragon's Teeth ×3
23. 4:39Mex
24. 4:41Dragon's Teeth
25. 4:42Submarinedone 4:56 · typical 4:27
26. 4:46Mex
27. 4:46Dragon's Teeth
28. 4:50Geodone 8:15 · typical 7:52
29. 4:51Dragon's Teeth ×2
30. 4:57Submarine
4
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 12Wind
- 3Converter
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 1 Grim Reaper
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 1 Sentry
- 4 Dolphin
- 2 Skater
- 2 Destroyer
Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (31%)
By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret
The example game in this phase · 90 steps
1. 5:01Dragon's Teeth
2. 5:04Mex
3. 5:06Dragon's Teeth ×2
4. 5:11Frigate
5. 5:12Nettle
6. 5:16Dragon's Teeth ×2
7. 5:23Frigate
8. 5:26Dragon's Teeth ×3
9. 5:40Energy storage
10. 5:44Dragon's Teeth
11. 5:44Destroyerdone 6:36 · typical 5:39
12. 5:47Mex
13. 5:49Dragon's Teeth
14. 5:52Beamer
15. 5:54Dragon's Teeth ×7
16. 6:36Beamer
17. 6:37Skater
18. 6:46Frigate
19. 6:57Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
20. 7:06Frigate
21. 7:16Radar Tower
22. 7:28Destroyer
23. 7:29Harpoon
24. 7:44Wind
25. 8:05Beamer
26. 8:09Wind
27. 8:17Con turret
28. 8:18Con ship
29. 8:28Grim Reaper
30. 8:30Wind
31. 8:42Submarine
32. 8:51Wind
33. 8:58Submarine
34. 9:01Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
35. 9:17Converter
36. 9:19Frigate ×2
37. 9:50Skater
38. 9:52Wind
39. 9:56Skater ×2
40. 10:09Destroyer
41. 10:11Naval Construction Turret
42. 10:12Wind
43. 10:14Mex
44. 10:25Harpoon
45. 10:27Con turret
46. 10:30Harpoon
47. 10:32Wind
48. 10:45Converter
49. 10:49Skater
50. 10:53Wind
51. 10:55Converter
52. 10:58Frigate
53. 11:00Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
54. 11:02Converter
55. 11:05T2 mexdone 11:54
56. 11:12Converter ×3
57. 11:23Frigate
58. 11:32Converter
59. 11:45Wind
60. 11:46Destroyer
61. 11:49Wind
62. 11:54Mex
63. 12:02T2 mex
64. 12:05Wind ×2
65. 12:23Mex
66. 12:26Wind
67. 12:29Grim Reaper
68. 12:29Wind ×2
69. 12:42T2 mex
70. 12:47Converter
71. 12:48Submarine
72. 12:52Wind
73. 13:07Submarine
74. 13:13Converter
75. 13:19Wind
76. 13:25Frigate
77. 13:25Naval Construction Turret
78. 13:39Frigate
79. 13:45T2 mex
80. 13:49Wind
81. 13:52Con turret
82. 13:52Con ship
83. 14:07Naval Metal Storage
84. 14:08Naval Construction Turret
85. 14:09Wind
86. 14:20Naval Construction Turret
87. 14:25Eat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
88. 14:29Wind
89. 14:34Advanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
90. 14:50Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (31 OS, 07/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% 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

1508 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	395	0	0
2:00	928	0	0
3:00	1599	0	0
4:00	2877	0	40
5:00	4126	190	54
6:00	5518	531	295
7:00	7056	993	625
8:00	8721	1689	1025
9:00	10578	2460	1595
10:00	12803	3362	2244
11:00	15383	4415	3110
12:00	18468	5465	3798
13:00	21772	6429	4605
14:00	25372	7558	5383
15:00	28938	8451	6202

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

+ Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
+ Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.

− Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
− Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.

THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

starbird

31.4 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
248 metal received · 61993 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=1466

Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1488

Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:37 · n=918

Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1388

Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:48–9:30 · n=950

Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:38–10:10 · n=1319

Played most by

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Supporting games

Pick a game to read and play it above.

arcsiz14/10/2026 · 36 OS↗haaven14/10/2026 · 44 OS↗JesterB14/10/2026 · 31 OS↗Hannodins14/10/2026 · 36 OS↗SeduceUrAfus14/10/2026 · 48 OS↗_X_14/10/2026 · 41 OS↗_X_14/10/2026 · 41 OS↗_X_14/10/2026 · 41 OS↗starbird07/09/2026 · 31 OS↗

32 more of 1500, the most recent

Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31245-fe24adc
Naval balance tweaks on

Standard geo sea

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to Shipyard

Shipyard to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

starbird

Typical milestones

Played most by

Supporting games