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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 · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 1:06–1:17

    Some games also: wind for allies (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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 (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Mex
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:18 · 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Converter
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Converter
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Converter
    7. Mex
    8. Energy storage
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Converter
    12. EelSubmarinenot finished by 15:00 · typical 4:22
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. NettleNettle
    24. Wind
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. NettleNettle
    30. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:33 · typical 5:35
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 74 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin ×3
    5. Wind
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Mex
    8. Con turret
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. Wind
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. SentrySentry
    24. DolphinDolphin ×2
    25. Mex
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Wind
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:16
    30. Wind ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Wind ×6
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Wind ×4
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind ×2
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Wind ×3
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    44. Wind ×6
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    46. Wind ×3
    47. CorsairDestroyer
    48. Wind ×9
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×9
    51. EllysawFrigate
    52. Wind ×3
    53. EllysawFrigate
    54. Wind ×4
    55. EllysawFrigate
    56. Wind ×5
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Wind ×4
    59. EllysawFrigate
    60. Wind ×11
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×7
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. Wind
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Construction ShipCon ship
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:55
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Wind
    72. Naval Construction Turret
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

sirniho

37.8 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
177 metal received · 43785 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

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