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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Mexfor Suicide front
    3. Windfor Suicide front
    4. Wind
    5. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    6. 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 2:50–3:36
    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. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    6. ShipyardShipyardfor Suicide frontdone 2:41 · typical 3:11
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    10. SkaterSkater
  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 · 17 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Construction ShipCon shipfor Suicide front
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Mex ×2
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mexfor Suicide front
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Suicide front
    10. Mex
    11. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:46 · typical 5:36
    12. Mex
    13. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Suicide front
    14. NettleNettle ×2for Suicide front
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:09 · typical 7:46
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Mexfor Suicide front
  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 · 42 steps
    1. Windfor Suicide front
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Con turretfor Suicide front
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Windfor Suicide front
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin ×2
    14. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Windfor Suicide front
    17. Converterfor Suicide front
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. Mex
    20. Windfor Suicide front
    21. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    22. Windfor Suicide front
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Windfor Suicide front
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Windfor Suicide front
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Mexfor Suicide front
    29. Windfor Suicide front
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. Windfor Suicide front
    33. Mexfor Suicide front
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide frontdone 12:27
    35. AnemoneAnemonefor Suicide front
    36. Windfor Suicide front
    37. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Suicide front
    38. Windfor Suicide front
    39. BeamerBeamerfor Suicide front
    40. Windfor Suicide front
    41. BeamerBeamerfor Suicide front
    42. DolphinDolphin ×3for Suicide front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 08/08/2026); 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

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

Thurley

36.1 OS · 08/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
40 metal received · 3711 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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