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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    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 ×3
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:17 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Energy storage
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:06 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (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. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:31 · typical 7:40
    2. EelSubmarinedone 4:21 · typical 4:22
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Wind
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Converter
  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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 123 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Converter
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. NettleNettle
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Converter
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Converter
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Converter
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Converter
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Converter
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind
    37. HarpoonHarpoon
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Converter
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Converter ×2
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. CorsairDestroyerdone 9:13 · typical 5:33
    51. Converter
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:19 · typical 9:17
    53. Converter ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Mex
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. HarpoonHarpoon
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Tidal
    64. Converter
    65. CorsairDestroyer
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Tidal
    68. Converter
    69. Tidal
    70. OrcaSubmarinedone 10:29
    71. Tidal
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Converter
    74. Tidal
    75. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Tidal
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Converter
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Tidal
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Con turret
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Tidal
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Converter
    88. Construction ShipCon ship
    89. Tidal
    90. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    91. Naval Construction Turret
    92. Converter
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. DolphinDolphin
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Con turret
    97. SkaterSkater ×2
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Con turret
    100. Converter
    101. DolphinDolphin ×2
    102. Naval Construction Turret
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. SkaterSkater ×2
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:50
    107. DolphinDolphin ×4
    108. EelSubmarine
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. UrchinUrchin
    111. DolphinDolphin ×3
    112. EelSubmarine
    113. DolphinDolphin ×2
    114. PincerPincer
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. EelSubmarine
    117. DolphinDolphin ×3
    118. EelSubmarine
    119. DolphinDolphin ×3
    120. EelSubmarine
    121. DolphinDolphin ×3
    122. EelSubmarine
    123. DolphinDolphin ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [ADS]Kackbarren's (40 OS, 26/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% 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 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

[ADS]Kackbarren

40.0 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
388 metal received · 98144 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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