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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Windfor Tech
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2for Tech
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. Wind
    11. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. Mex
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. TickTick
    17. AnemoneAnemone
    18. NettleNettle
    19. Mex
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. SentrySentry
    22. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:47 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Converter
    24. 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%) · 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 · 75 steps
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:45 · typical 7:46
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:34 · typical 5:36
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Converter
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Converter ×2
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. Converter
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Converter
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:17
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Energy storage
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. EllysawFrigate
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. EelSubmarinedone 7:29 · typical 4:21
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. EllysawFrigate
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Construction ShipCon ship
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. EelSubmarine
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. EllysawFrigate
    48. Construction ShipCon ship
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    51. SkaterSkater ×5
    52. Construction ShipCon ship
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    55. Energy storage
    56. Construction ShipCon ship
    57. Naval Construction Turret
    58. Construction ShipCon ship
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. ChainsawChainsaw
    62. Metal storage
    63. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:14
    67. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:26
    68. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    69. PaladinCruiser ×2done 12:35
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. MaelstromMaelstromdone 13:29
    72. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    73. MaelstromMaelstrom ×2
    74. HavenHaven
    75. MaelstromMaelstrom ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pyrothraxus's (37 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

pyrothraxus

37.1 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
388 metal received · 41620 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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