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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:16 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind ×2
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind ×2
    14. DolphinDolphin ×2
    15. 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 (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 · 139 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Converter
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×3
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Wind ×3
    11. EllysawFrigate
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry ×2
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:20 · typical 5:35
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Wind
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:08 · typical 7:45
    20. Wind ×3
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Wind ×7
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:04 · typical 9:17
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Wind
    30. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    39. Wind
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. Converter
    51. HarpoonHarpoon
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. Wind
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. CorsairDestroyer
    78. Wind ×2
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. CorsairDestroyer
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. Wind
    83. CorsairDestroyer
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Naval Construction Turret
    92. Converter
    93. Naval Construction Turret
    94. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Metal storage
    99. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    100. CorsairDestroyer
    101. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    102. Wind
    103. CorsairDestroyer
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Tidal
    107. CorsairDestroyer
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind
    110. Tidal ×2
    111. CorsairDestroyer
    112. Tidal ×2
    113. CorsairDestroyer
    114. Wind
    115. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    116. Tidal
    117. Wind
    118. Tidal
    119. CorsairDestroyer
    120. Tidal ×2
    121. CorsairDestroyer
    122. Tidal
    123. Wind ×2
    124. CorsairDestroyer
    125. Tidal
    126. CorsairDestroyer
    127. Wind
    128. Tidal
    129. Wind
    130. CorsairDestroyer
    131. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    134. CorsairDestroyer
    135. Construction ShipCon ship
    136. Wind
    137. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    138. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    139. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (38 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

Rexalidus

37.9 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
142 metal received · 22506 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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