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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. Windfor Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · 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. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Windfor Air
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:49 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Mex
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Tidal
    12. Wind
    13. Tidal
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. Wind ×2
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Tidal
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Mex
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. AnemoneAnemone
    32. EelSubmarinedone 5:09 · typical 4:21
    33. Wind ×2
  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 · 144 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:16 · typical 5:36
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Tidal
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Wind ×5
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind ×5
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind ×2
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Wind ×2
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind ×3
    20. EelSubmarine
    21. Wind ×4
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Wind ×2
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Wind ×3
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Wind ×3
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind ×2
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Wind
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Construction ShipCon ship
    38. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Wind ×3
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Wind ×2
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Wind
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 9:17
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. Wind
    51. EllysawFrigate
    52. Wind
    53. HarpoonHarpoon
    54. Converter
    55. EllysawFrigate
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. HarpoonHarpoon
    62. Converter
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Energy storage
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. Converter ×2
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Converter
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. CorsairDestroyer
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. CorsairDestroyer
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Con turret
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Con turret
    88. DolphinDolphin ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    92. Wind ×2
    93. CorsairDestroyer
    94. Wind
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Wind
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Wind
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Wind
    103. HarpoonHarpoon
    104. DolphinDolphin
    105. Wind
    106. DolphinDolphin
    107. Wind
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. Wind ×2
    110. CorsairDestroyer
    111. Wind
    112. SkaterSkater
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. SkaterSkater
    116. Wind
    117. CorsairDestroyer
    118. Wind
    119. CorsairDestroyer
    120. Wind
    121. HarpoonHarpoon
    122. CorsairDestroyer
    123. Wind
    124. HarpoonHarpoon
    125. EllysawFrigate
    126. Wind
    127. EllysawFrigate
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Wind
    131. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    132. Wind
    133. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    134. Wind
    135. CorsairDestroyer
    136. Wind
    137. DolphinDolphin
    138. Wind
    139. DolphinDolphin
    140. SkaterSkater
    141. Wind
    142. SkaterSkater
    143. Wind
    144. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (38 OS, 14/09/2026); 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 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

37.6 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
72 metal received · 15724 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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