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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 Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Con turret
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:22 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. TrasherTrasher
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Energy storage
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Wind
    11. OrcaSubmarinedone 4:12 · typical 4:19
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. HerringMissile corvette
    17. Converter
    18. RiptideFrigatedone 4:32 · typical 4:35
    19. Wind
    20. RiptideFrigate
    21. Wind
    22. RiptideFrigate
    23. OppressorDestroyerdone 5:21 · typical 5:51
    24. Converter
  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 · 92 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. HerringMissile corvette
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. OppressorDestroyer
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:52 · typical 8:00
    14. Wind
    15. RiptideFrigate
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:05 · typical 9:22
    20. ThistleThistle
    21. RiptideFrigate
    22. Wind ×2
    23. RiptideFrigate
    24. Wind ×3
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    27. Wind
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. HerringMissile corvette
    32. Wind ×2
    33. OppressorDestroyer
    34. Wind
    35. Mex ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. Mex
    39. Converter
    40. BeholderBeholder
    41. GuardGuard
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. RiptideFrigate
    47. Converter ×2
    48. RiptideFrigate
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. GuardGuard
    53. RiptideFrigate
    54. Converter
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Converter
    57. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. HerringMissile corvette
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. OppressorDestroyer
    64. Converter ×2
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. Mex
    67. Wind
    68. RiptideFrigate
    69. Converter
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Converter ×2
    72. RiptideFrigate
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    76. HerringMissile corvette
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. OppressorDestroyer
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    83. HerringMissile corvette ×2
    84. OppressorDestroyer
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. OppressorDestroyer
    88. Converter
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. OppressorDestroyer
    91. Converter
    92. OppressorDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alphacure's (35 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Alphacure

35.3 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
20 metal received · 47223 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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