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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 · 776 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 829 · 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 776 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 (44%)

    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 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Con turret
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. AnemoneAnemone
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:55 · 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 (43%) · converter (32%) · pawn (31%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Wind
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Wind
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Wind
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:48 · typical 5:35
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Mex
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. 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
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · frigate (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 · 100 steps
    1. Wind
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Converter
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Wind
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:17
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. Converter
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Wind
    26. Mex ×2
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind
    33. SkaterSkater ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Wind
    37. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    38. Wind
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Wind
    42. Energy storage
    43. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Wind
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Wind
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. Wind
    51. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    52. Tidal
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Tidal ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Tidal
    59. Wind
    60. Tidal
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Wind
    63. Tidal
    64. Wind
    65. CorsairDestroyer
    66. Converter
    67. Tidal ×2
    68. Mex
    69. Tidal
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    77. Tidal
    78. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Tidal
    84. Naval Construction Turret
    85. Wind
    86. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    87. Naval Construction Turret
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Con turret
    92. Naval Construction Turret
    93. Con turret
    94. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    95. Con turret
    96. Naval Construction Turret
    97. Con turret
    98. Tidal
    99. CorsairDestroyer
    100. SkaterSkater

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 62% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

829 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002912051
5:00414517674
6:005555541301
7:0071101003641
8:00875417301046
9:001062425061671
10:001291933772271
11:001552046113171
12:001857557173916
13:002179968994811
14:002544779425645
15:002892190156584
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_

40.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1286 metal received · 23352 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=796
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=818
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=487
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=766
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=722

Played most by

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