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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×4
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Energy storage
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex ×2
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:03 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. EelSubmarinedone 4:29 · typical 4:22
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. Wind
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 127 steps
    1. EllysawFrigate
    2. Wind
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:54 · typical 5:35
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:33 · typical 7:45
    14. SentrySentry
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. DolphinDolphin ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. DolphinDolphin ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:17 · typical 9:16
    28. Wind
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Wind
    31. DolphinDolphin ×2
    32. Wind ×3
    33. DolphinDolphin ×2
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. CorsairDestroyer
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Naval Construction Turret
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Wind
    57. Mex
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. Naval Metal Storage
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Mex
    67. Tidal
    68. Wind
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Tidal
    71. Wind
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Tidal
    74. SkaterSkater
    75. Tidal
    76. SkaterSkater
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind
    82. Mex
    83. Tidal
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. Tidal
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Tidal
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. Tidal
    90. Wind
    91. SkaterSkater
    92. Tidal
    93. Wind
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    96. Tidal
    97. Naval Energy Storage
    98. Wind
    99. Naval Energy Storage
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Energy Storage
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Naval Energy Storage
    104. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:08
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    107. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. Wind
    110. Naval Construction Turret
    111. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    112. Wind
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    115. Naval Construction Turret
    116. VoyagerVoyager
    117. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:16
    118. VoyagerVoyager
    119. Wind
    120. HavenHaven
    121. PaladinCruiserdone 14:19
    122. Wind
    123. PaladinCruiser
    124. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    125. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    126. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    127. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (37 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

Rexalidus

37.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
235 metal received · 63983 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

Played most by

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