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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:28 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. EelSubmarinedone 3:09 · typical 4:22
    7. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. DolphinDolphin ×2
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Mex
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Energy storage
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Mex
    20. EelSubmarine
  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 · 175 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Wind
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Wind
    19. EelSubmarine
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Construction ShipCon ship
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Con turret
    27. Tidal
    28. Wind
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Tidal
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Tidal
    33. Wind
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Tidal
    36. Mex
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Tidal
    39. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    40. Tidal
    41. EelSubmarine
    42. Tidal
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Tidal
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Tidal
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:54
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. HarpoonHarpoon
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Tidal
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:52 · typical 9:17
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Mex
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 11:07 · typical 7:45
    61. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    62. EelSubmarine
    63. Tidal
    64. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    65. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    66. HarpoonHarpoon
    67. Tidal
    68. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:26
    74. Mex
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. Con turret
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Con turret
    79. BeholderBeholder
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. Con turret
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. NettleNettle
    87. Con turret
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Con turret
    90. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. VoyagerVoyager
    94. SentrySentry ×3
    95. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. VoyagerVoyager
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:05
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Naval Construction Turret
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Naval Construction Turret
    106. Wind ×5
    107. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. Wind
    110. Mex
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:55
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Naval Construction Turret
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Tidal
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Tidal
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Tidal
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. Tidal
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Tidal
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Tidal
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. Converter
    136. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    137. Wind
    138. Tidal
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Tidal ×2
    143. Wind
    144. SabreSabre
    145. Wind ×3
    146. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    147. Wind
    148. Naval Construction Turret
    149. Wind
    150. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Tidal
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Converter
    157. Tidal
    158. Wind ×3
    159. Tidal
    160. SabreSabre
    161. Wind
    162. Tidal
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. Tidal
    166. Wind ×3
    167. SabreSabre
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. Tidal
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×5
    173. SabreSabre
    174. Wind ×5
    175. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

krtf

44.9 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
960 metal received · 11648 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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