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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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×2
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. Wind
    11. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. NettleNettle
    16. TickTick
    17. Mex ×2
    18. TickTick
    19. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:37 · 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:32 · typical 5:35
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
  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 · 99 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:28 · typical 7:46
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. EllysawFrigate ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. EllysawFrigate
    12. Wind ×2
    13. EllysawFrigate
    14. Wind
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:52 · typical 9:17
    20. Wind
    21. EllysawFrigate
    22. Wind ×3
    23. EllysawFrigate
    24. Wind ×3
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    27. EllysawFrigate
    28. SkaterSkater ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Wind
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Naval Construction Turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:28
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Energy storage
    49. Wind
    50. Energy storage ×2
    51. MaelstromMaelstromdone 12:40
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. MaelstromMaelstrom
    54. Wind
    55. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. MaelstromMaelstrom
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. MaelstromMaelstrom
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    69. MaelstromMaelstrom
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. MaelstromMaelstrom
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    77. MaelstromMaelstrom
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    82. Wind
    83. HavenHaven
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Wind
    87. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Wind
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. MaelstromMaelstrom
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    97. Wind ×2
    98. MaelstromMaelstrom
    99. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pyrothraxus's (36 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

pyrothraxus

36.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
94 metal received · 60645 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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