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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:07 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×4
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Con turret
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:46 · 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 (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Mex
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Mex
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:57 · typical 5:36
    11. Wind
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. EllysawFrigate
  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 · 123 steps
    1. Wind
    2. NettleNettle
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. EllysawFrigate
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex
    10. Converter ×2
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Wind
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:43 · typical 7:46
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Metal storage
    17. Wind
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:06 · typical 9:17
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Wind ×2
    23. EllysawFrigate
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Wind
    27. EllysawFrigate
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry ×2
    34. Mex ×2
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Mex
    38. Con turret
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    41. Con turret
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. Construction ShipCon ship
    44. Con turret
    45. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Construction ShipCon ship ×3
    48. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    49. Tidal
    50. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:50
    51. Con turret
    52. Tidal ×4
    53. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    54. Tidal ×2
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Tidal
    57. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    58. Tidal
    59. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:18
    60. Tidal ×2
    61. VoyagerVoyager
    62. TickTick
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Tidal
    65. TickTick
    66. VoyagerVoyager
    67. TickTick
    68. Tidal
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. TickTick
    71. VoyagerVoyager
    72. TickTick
    73. Tidal ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    76. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:07
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. TickTick
    79. Tidal ×2
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. VoyagerVoyager
    82. Tidal ×2
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Tidal
    85. TickTick
    86. Tidal
    87. TickTick
    88. VoyagerVoyager
    89. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    90. Tidal ×2
    91. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Tidal ×2
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:50
    96. Tidal ×4
    97. Con turret
    98. Tidal ×2
    99. Hardened Energy Storage
    100. Tidal ×2
    101. TickTick
    102. Tidal
    103. TickTick
    104. Tidal
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Con turret
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Tidal
    109. TickTick
    110. Tidal
    111. TickTick ×4
    112. Tidal ×2
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. Con turret
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Tidal ×2
    117. TickTick ×4
    118. Tidal
    119. TickTick
    120. Tidal
    121. TickTick ×3
    122. Con turret
    123. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pitacupateu's (36 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

Pitacupateu

36.3 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
884 metal received · 42220 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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