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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 · 725 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 774 · 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 725 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 ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:25 · 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 (37%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:57 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. CrossbowCrossbow
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin ×2
    13. Mex ×2
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:23 · typical 5:35
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Naval Construction Turret
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Energy storage
    21. MaceMace
    22. MaceMacefor Suicide front
  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 · 138 steps
    1. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    2. TickTick
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    5. SentrySentry
    6. MaceMacefor Suicide front
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. TickTick
    12. Energy storage
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Mex
    16. Con turret
    17. ShipyardShipyarddone 7:52
    18. Con turret
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:55 · typical 9:18
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Mex
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Wind
    27. HarpoonHarpoon
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Wind
    32. HarpoonHarpoon
    33. Wind
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Wind
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. HarpoonHarpoon
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Naval Construction Turret
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Converter
    51. SentrySentry
    52. CauteriserCauteriser
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. ShipyardShipyarddone 10:56
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. Wind
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Wind
    80. SkaterSkater
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. SkaterSkater
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. Wind
    90. CorsairDestroyer
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Advanced solar
    93. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    94. Construction ShipCon ship
    95. Advanced solar
    96. CorsairDestroyer
    97. Naval Construction Turret ×3
    98. Advanced solar
    99. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    100. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:44
    101. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    102. CorsairDestroyer
    103. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Advanced solar
    106. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    107. Tidal
    108. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Tidal
    111. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:49
    112. DolphinDolphin
    113. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    114. Tidal
    115. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    116. DolphinDolphin
    117. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    118. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    119. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    120. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    121. Tidal
    122. VoyagerVoyager
    123. DolphinDolphin
    124. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    125. Tidal
    126. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    127. Naval ArbalestNaval Arbalest
    128. SkaterSkater
    129. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    130. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    131. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    132. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    133. DolphinDolphin
    134. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    135. SkaterSkater
    136. Advanced solar
    137. Construction BotCon bot
    138. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

774 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002926051
5:00414617574
6:005556541312
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711033
9:001067625461676
10:001295034962273
11:001569646933181
12:001869457953959
13:002186669634765
14:002559380765669
15:002907491356705
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

_X_

41.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
3848 metal received · 24987 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=742
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=763
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=461
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=716
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:11 · n=471
Advanced Metal Extractor9:18Middle 50%: 8:37–10:07 · n=676

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