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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 ×3
    2. Wind ×8
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:38 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:06 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. Naval Construction Turret
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:35
    14. Wind
    15. EelSubmarinedone 4:12 · typical 4:22
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. Mex
    23. Energy storage
    24. PawnPawn
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. 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 · 74 steps
    1. Converter
    2. CorsairDestroyer
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Converter
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. Converter
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. NettleNettle
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:35 · typical 7:45
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Mex
    16. Converter
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Converter
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Converter ×2
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:58 · typical 9:17
    27. Converter
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Construction ShipCon ship
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Mex
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. Naval Construction Turret
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Tidal ×2
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Tidal
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Tidal ×2
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Tidal
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Tidal
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Tidal
    52. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    53. Tidal
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Tidal
    57. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    58. Tidal
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Tidal
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Tidal ×3
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Tidal ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Tidal
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Tidal ×2
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. Tidal
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Tidal
    73. CorsairDestroyer
    74. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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_

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
109 metal received · 20698 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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