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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 · 963 distinct matches · 100 players · 83% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 51% of 1080 · 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 963 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 1:06–1:25

    Some games also: wind for allies (49%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 3:02–3:33
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    Army
    • Grunt1 Grunt

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · trasher (39%) · energy storage (34%) · wind for allies (32%)

    By 2:51 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:33 · 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 (49%) · wind (48%) · missile corvette (48%) · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. HerringMissile corvette
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. HerringMissile corvette ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. RiptideFrigatedone 3:43 · typical 4:36
    8. Mex
    9. OppressorDestroyerdone 4:43 · typical 5:52
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Mex ×5
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. RiptideFrigate
  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
    • Oppressor2 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower2 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: geo (48%) · Thistle (41%) · submarine (34%)

    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 · 104 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Mex
    4. RiptideFrigate
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. RiptideFrigate
    10. Wind
    11. HerringMissile corvette
    12. Wind
    13. OppressorDestroyer
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. RiptideFrigate
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. RiptideFrigate
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Naval Construction Turret
    24. RiptideFrigate
    25. Wind ×2
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Wind
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Wind
    30. HerringMissile corvette
    31. Wind ×2
    32. OppressorDestroyer
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Mex ×2
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. Wind
    40. Mex
    41. RiptideFrigate
    42. Con turret
    43. RiptideFrigate
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:46 · typical 9:22
    46. RiptideFrigate
    47. Mex
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. Wind
    51. HerringMissile corvette
    52. Wind ×2
    53. OppressorDestroyer
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Wind ×2
    59. RiptideFrigate
    60. Wind
    61. RiptideFrigate
    62. Wind
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. RiptideFrigate
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. HerringMissile corvette
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. OppressorDestroyer
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    77. Wind
    78. RiptideFrigate
    79. Wind ×2
    80. RiptideFrigate
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind ×2
    83. RiptideFrigate
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    87. Con turret
    88. HerringMissile corvette
    89. OppressorDestroyer
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    93. Wind
    94. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Construction ShipCon ship
    97. Converter
    98. RiptideFrigate
    99. UrchinUrchin
    100. Converter
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. RiptideFrigate
    104. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (36 OS, 20/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:48 · in 72% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 83% 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

1080 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039700
2:0092800
3:00156700
4:002904051
5:00410713052
6:005463440242
7:006945931551
8:0086161570905
9:001049424631363
10:001261536342071
11:001522148872926
12:001812964053801
13:002147974014458
14:002507986465388
15:002882297766321
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

Dad_The_Speedrunner

35.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
305 metal received · 5950 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:25 · n=1069
Shipyard3:17Middle 50%: 3:02–3:33 · n=1074
Orca4:20Middle 50%: 3:54–5:00 · n=747
Riptide4:36Middle 50%: 4:08–5:21 · n=1048
Oppressor5:52Middle 50%: 5:09–6:34 · n=977
Geothermal Powerplant7:58Middle 50%: 7:00–8:59 · n=648
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:46–10:10 · n=926

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