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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 1:06–1:17

    Some games also: wind for allies (43%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. SentrySentry
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Wind
    15. NettleNettle
    16. CrossbowCrossbow
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. AnemoneAnemone
    25. Wind
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×2
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 5:06
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. AnemoneAnemone
    34. ShipyardShipyarddone 5:30 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · 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 · 122 steps
    1. Converter
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. DolphinDolphin ×3
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:36
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:53 · typical 7:46
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex ×3
    13. DolphinDolphin ×3
    14. HarpoonHarpoon
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Mex
    18. Converter
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Converter
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Wind
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:49 · typical 9:19
    34. Converter
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Converter
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. Converter
    41. Construction ShipCon ship
    42. Wind
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Wind
    47. CorsairDestroyer ×3
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. HarpoonHarpoon
    51. Converter
    52. HarpoonHarpoon
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Construction ShipCon ship
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Converter
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. DolphinDolphin
    64. Wind
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Wind
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. AnemoneAnemone
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. AnemoneAnemone ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Wind
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Wind
    89. Construction ShipCon ship
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    94. Naval Construction Turret
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Converter
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. Wind
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Naval Construction Turret
    103. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    104. CauteriserCauteriser
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind
    107. SkaterSkater
    108. Wind
    109. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    110. Wind ×2
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. SkaterSkater
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. Wind
    118. DolphinDolphin ×3
    119. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    120. Wind
    121. DolphinDolphin
    122. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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_

42.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
37 metal received · 28290 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

Played most by

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