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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:02 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:58 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Converter
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. NettleNettle
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. DolphinDolphin ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. EelSubmarinedone 4:12 · typical 4:22
    18. Wind ×2
    19. EelSubmarine
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:41 · typical 7:45
    24. EelSubmarine
  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 · 149 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Mex
    4. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    5. Mex
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:19 · typical 9:16
    14. SentrySentry
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Mex
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Con turret
    24. AnemoneAnemone
    25. Con turret
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Con turret
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind ×2
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Con turret ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
    41. Wind
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. Wind
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Con turret
    49. AnemoneAnemone
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. AnemoneAnemone
    56. Wind ×2
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:09
    60. Wind
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Wind ×3
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Wind
    65. AnemoneAnemone
    66. Wind
    67. NettleNettle
    68. SkaterSkater ×2
    69. NettleNettle
    70. Wind
    71. NettleNettle ×2
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. PlatypusPlatypus
    74. Wind
    75. PlatypusPlatypus
    76. Wind
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. PlatypusPlatypus
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Wind
    81. SkaterSkater ×2
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. Wind
    84. PlatypusPlatypus
    85. Wind
    86. PlatypusPlatypus
    87. HarpoonHarpoon
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. Wind
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Converter
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. Converter
    95. CorsairDestroyerdone 13:21 · typical 5:35
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. PlatypusPlatypus
    100. Converter
    101. CorsairDestroyer
    102. Converter
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. PlatypusPlatypus
    116. CorsairDestroyer
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. PlatypusPlatypus
    120. Converter
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. BeamerBeamer
    123. Converter
    124. CorsairDestroyer
    125. Converter
    126. PlatypusPlatypus
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. PlatypusPlatypus
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. PlatypusPlatypus
    134. Converter
    135. CorsairDestroyer
    136. Wind
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Converter ×2
    139. Wind
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. PlatypusPlatypus
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. PlatypusPlatypus
    147. Converter
    148. Construction ShipCon ship
    149. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EXZoPrimer3's (38 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

EXZoPrimer3

37.6 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
49 metal received · 56211 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

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