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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1345 distinct matches · 173 players · 79% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1500 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
  2. Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
  3. Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1345 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:55 · 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 2:48–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (42%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (39%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Energy storage
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. PawnPawn
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:02 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Mex
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin ×3
    12. Mex ×2
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. EelSubmarinedone 5:06 · typical 4:27
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 160 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:50 · typical 5:38
    2. Naval Construction Turret
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind ×2
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Converter
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Naval Construction Turret
    18. Wind
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:07 · typical 9:20
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Wind ×4
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind ×2
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Wind
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Wind
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Wind ×2
    31. DolphinDolphin ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Naval Construction Turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. DolphinDolphin ×2
    42. Wind ×2
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    46. Converter
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Converter
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Converter
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    57. Wind ×2
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. Wind
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. Mex
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. SkaterSkater ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:28 · typical 7:52
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Wind
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:37
    76. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    79. Tidal
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Mex
    85. Converter
    86. Tidal
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Tidal
    91. VoyagerVoyager
    92. Tidal
    93. Mex
    94. Converter
    95. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 11:57
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. VoyagerVoyager
    98. Wind
    99. Tidal
    100. VoyagerVoyager
    101. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 11:53
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TsunamiTsunami
    104. Mex
    105. Wind
    106. Tidal
    107. TsunamiTsunami
    108. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    109. Wind
    110. TsunamiTsunami
    111. Wind
    112. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TsunamiTsunami
    115. Wind
    116. TsunamiTsunami
    117. Wind
    118. TsunamiTsunami
    119. Wind
    120. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    121. TsunamiTsunami
    122. Wind
    123. TsunamiTsunami
    124. Wind
    125. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    126. TsunamiTsunami ×3
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. TsunamiTsunami
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    132. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. Seaplane PlatformEat Seaplane Platformreclaimed for its metal
    135. Tidal
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    137. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. HavenHaven
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. Tidal
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    143. HavenHaven
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. Naval Construction Turret
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    147. Naval Construction Turret
    148. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    149. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    151. Tidal
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. HavenHaven
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    157. Tidal
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    159. LongbowMissile cruisernot finished by 15:00
    160. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AcquiredTaste's (30 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:42 · in 90% 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

1500 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160000
4:002877040
5:00412619054
6:005517534295
7:007055993623
8:00872116921030
9:001057824611601
10:001280633632247
11:001538544273110
12:001846854733803
13:002177264554610
14:002537275655387
15:002893884516202
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

  • + Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
  • + Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
  • − Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

AcquiredTaste

30.2 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
446 metal received · 41189 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=1458
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1480
Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:38 · n=913
Corsair5:38Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1380
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:48–9:30 · n=943
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:38–10:10 · n=1312

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