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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Solar
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:03 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. DolphinDolphin ×3
    4. PawnPawn
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mex
    7. Converter
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Converter
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:08 · typical 7:45
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. EelSubmarinedone 4:57 · typical 4:22
    20. Mex
    21. 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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (33%)

    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 · 122 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:57 · typical 5:35
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. Wind ×4
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. Con turret
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. Con turret
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. NettleNettle ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. Converter
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08
    21. Converter
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Converter ×2
    24. EllysawFrigate
    25. Converter
    26. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    27. Converter
    28. EllysawFrigate
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. EllysawFrigate
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Wind ×4
    37. EllysawFrigate
    38. Wind
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Construction ShipCon ship
    41. Wind
    42. EllysawFrigate
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. Wind
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. EllysawFrigate
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. AnemoneAnemone
    52. Wind
    53. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    54. Wind
    55. EllysawFrigate
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Wind
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Wind ×2
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Wind ×2
    66. EllysawFrigate
    67. Wind ×5
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Wind ×3
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Wind
    72. EllysawFrigate
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    76. EllysawFrigate
    77. Wind
    78. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    79. EllysawFrigate
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Converter
    84. EllysawFrigate
    85. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    86. Converter
    87. CorsairDestroyer
    88. Converter
    89. EllysawFrigate
    90. Construction ShipCon ship
    91. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    92. Wind
    93. Naval Construction Turret
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:26
    96. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    99. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:03
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. MaelstromMaelstrom
    106. Converter
    107. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. CorsairDestroyer
    110. MaelstromMaelstrom
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    114. PaladinCruiserdone 14:50
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    118. Wind ×3
    119. MaelstromMaelstrom
    120. Wind
    121. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    122. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (37 OS, 15/09/2026); 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

Hannodins

36.9 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
433 metal received · 44487 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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