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Standard geo sea

The role's default economy-first play: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, quick frigate/submarine/destroyer navy to contest sea and hold the coast, transitioning into whatever the sea fight needs.

Usually shipyard in the cove (98%)

#naval #eco · 897 distinct matches · 97 players · 83% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 52% of 1005 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:18

  1. Open 3 mex, wind and solar, then Bot Lab.
  2. Get a BP and costal torpedo launcher up before the Shipyard.
  3. Put up Shipyard once you can defend it.
  4. Push out "submarine" and "frigate" to contest the sea.
  5. Add geothermal to fund the fleet transition into "destroyer", "missile corvette".

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 897 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 1:06–1:26

    Some games also: wind for allies (49%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Pond
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~3:17, middle half 3:03–3:33
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    Army
    • Grunt1 Grunt

    Some games also: con turret (47%) · trasher (39%) · energy storage (34%) · wind for allies (33%)

    By 2:52 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Con turret
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Mex
    9. Energy storage
    10. Mex ×2
    11. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:36 · typical 3:17
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Riptide2 Frigate
    • Orca1 Submarine
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Guard (50%) · wind (48%) · missile corvette (47%) · destroyer (46%) · gunboat (41%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. RiptideFrigatedone 3:52 · typical 4:35
    3. Mex
    4. RiptideFrigate ×2
    5. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    6. Mex
    7. OrcaSubmarinedone 4:50 · typical 4:19
    8. OppressorDestroyerdone 5:37 · typical 5:51
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Death Cavalry2 Death Cavalry
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Guard2 Guard
    • Riptide5 Frigate
    • Herring2 Missile corvette
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower2 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: geo (48%) · Thistle (42%) · submarine (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 15 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 90 steps
    1. HerringMissile corvette
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. RiptideFrigate
    4. UrchinUrchin
    5. RiptideFrigate ×2
    6. Tidal
    7. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    8. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Tidal ×2
    11. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    12. OppressorDestroyer
    13. Tidal
    14. Wind
    15. Tidal
    16. HerringMissile corvette
    17. Wind
    18. Tidal
    19. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:17
    20. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    21. Tidal
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. OppressorDestroyer
    25. Tidal
    26. PounderPounder ×2
    27. HerringMissile corvette
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Wind
    30. PounderPounder
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. PounderPounder
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. PounderPounder ×2
    36. Tidal
    37. Wind
    38. PounderPounder
    39. WolverineWolverine
    40. ThistleThistle
    41. Tidal
    42. WolverineWolverine
    43. Tidal
    44. WolverineWolverine
    45. Wind
    46. WolverineWolverine
    47. Tidal ×2
    48. Amphibious ComplexAmphibious Complexdone 12:19
    49. PounderPounder
    50. Wind
    51. PounderPounder
    52. HerringMissile corvette
    53. Mex
    54. Tidal ×2
    55. PounderPounder
    56. HerringMissile corvette
    57. IncisorIncisor
    58. HerringMissile corvette
    59. IncisorIncisor
    60. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    61. Wind
    62. Mex
    63. Tidal
    64. HerringMissile corvette
    65. Tidal ×2
    66. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:26
    67. HerringMissile corvette
    68. Tidal
    69. Naval Construction Turret
    70. Tidal
    71. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    72. Naval Construction Turret
    73. SalamanderSalamander
    74. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    75. Naval Energy Converter
    76. Con turret
    77. Tidal
    78. CyclopsCyclops
    79. MuskratMuskrat
    80. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    81. TwitcherTwitcher
    82. SumoSumonot finished by 15:00
    83. FiendFiend ×2
    84. Solar
    85. Metal storage
    86. FiendFiend ×2
    87. GuardGuard
    88. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    89. FiendFiend
    90. SumoSumo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kcorp's (49 OS, 31/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:47 · in 73% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 82% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:00 · in 75% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:44 · 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

1005 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039700
2:0092800
3:00157100
4:002914051
5:00411013052
6:005467440232
7:006953931547
8:0086241570891
9:001051024401344
10:001264436272050
11:001523749202921
12:001815364203827
13:002150674134511
14:002505786485441
15:002879297896342
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Cortex geo sea sits at an even 50% win rate, trading a slower start for a big resource lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 28451 by 15:00, well above both front roles
  • + Own metal lost stays far below enemy metal destroyed at every checkpoint
  • − Only 50% team win rate, the lowest of these six builds
  • − T2 factory only completes in 40% of games by 12:53
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Kcorp

49.4 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
534 metal received · 22832 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:26 · n=999
Shipyard3:17Middle 50%: 3:03–3:33 · n=1000
Orca4:19Middle 50%: 3:53–4:59 · n=686
Riptide4:35Middle 50%: 4:08–5:20 · n=977
Oppressor5:51Middle 50%: 5:08–6:32 · n=912
Geothermal Powerplant8:00Middle 50%: 7:01–8:58 · n=605
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:45–10:10 · n=861

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