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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 ×7
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:50 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CrossbowCrossbow
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:29 · 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. PawnPawn
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. PawnPawn
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. SentrySentry ×2
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:36 · typical 5:35
    12. Mex
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    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 · 111 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Mex
    6. Converter
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. HarpoonHarpoon
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. Naval Construction Turret
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Wind
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Wind
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. HarpoonHarpoon
    29. Converter
    30. DolphinDolphin ×3
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 9:16
    33. DolphinDolphin ×3
    34. Converter
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind
    37. DolphinDolphin ×4
    38. Wind
    39. DolphinDolphin ×3
    40. Converter
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Wind
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. DolphinDolphin ×2
    46. Wind
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Converter
    49. DolphinDolphin ×2
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin ×3
    52. Converter
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Wind
    55. DolphinDolphin ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Wind
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Naval Metal Storage
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Tidal
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. Tidal
    73. HarpoonHarpoon
    74. DolphinDolphin
    75. Tidal
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Tidal
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Tidal
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Tidal
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Tidal
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Tidal
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Tidal
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:05
    90. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. DolphinDolphin
    93. SkaterSkater
    94. DolphinDolphin ×11
    95. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    96. DolphinDolphin ×4
    97. HarpoonHarpoon
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Mex
    100. DolphinDolphin ×2
    101. CorsairDestroyer
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    104. CorsairDestroyer
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. SkaterSkater ×2
    107. DolphinDolphin ×12
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. DolphinDolphin ×8
    110. CorsairDestroyer
    111. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Hummell

44.6 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
449 metal received · 93529 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

Optimusprimenutt50games of this buildKingBenjai48games of this buildhaaven38games of this buildHummell32games of this buildRexalidus26games of this build
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