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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 · 941 distinct matches · 99 players · 83% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 52% of 1055 · 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 941 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 (50%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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 2:51 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. TrasherTrasher
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Energy storage
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:13 · 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 (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 · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. SupporterGunboat ×2
    5. Mex
    6. SupporterGunboat
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. SupporterGunboat
    9. Wind
    10. SupporterGunboat
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. OrcaSubmarinefor Geodone 4:07 · typical 4:19
    13. Converter
    14. Mex
    15. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. RiptideFrigatedone 4:49 · typical 4:36
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. HerringMissile corvette
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    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 (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 · 87 steps
    1. RiptideFrigate
    2. Wind
    3. OrcaSubmarine
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. SupporterGunboat ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Naval Energy Converter
    9. SupporterGunboat
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. SupporterGunboat
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. SupporterGunboat
    14. Naval Energy Converter
    15. SupporterGunboat ×2
    16. Converter
    17. SupporterGunboat ×3
    18. OrcaSubmarine
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    22. Wind
    23. RiptideFrigate
    24. HerringMissile corvette
    25. Wind
    26. RiptideFrigate
    27. Construction ShipCon ship
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48
    30. Wind
    31. OrcaSubmarine
    32. UrchinUrchin
    33. SupporterGunboat ×9
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. SupporterGunboat
    36. OrcaSubmarine
    37. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 11:53 · typical 7:58
    38. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    39. Mex
    40. RiptideFrigate
    41. HerringMissile corvette
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. RiptideFrigate
    44. OrcaSubmarine
    45. SupporterGunboat
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. SupporterGunboat ×5
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. SupporterGunboat ×4
    50. OrcaSubmarine
    51. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    52. RiptideFrigate
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. HerringMissile corvette
    55. RiptideFrigate
    56. Construction ShipCon ship
    57. Con turret
    58. Naval Metal Storage
    59. Naval Construction Turret
    60. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    61. Wind
    62. Naval Construction Turret
    63. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:17
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    68. Wind ×3
    69. PathfinderPathfinder
    70. Wind
    71. PhantasmRadar jammer ship
    72. Wind ×3
    73. PathfinderPathfinder
    74. Wind
    75. PathfinderPathfinder
    76. Wind
    77. Mex
    78. Wind
    79. PathfinderPathfinder
    80. Wind
    81. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    82. Wind ×5
    83. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    84. Wind
    85. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    86. Mex
    87. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Optimusprimenutt's (40 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

1055 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039700
2:0092800
3:00157000
4:002904051
5:00410813052
6:005464440241
7:006950931547
8:0086211570892
9:001050224471351
10:001263036252071
11:001525849012945
12:001816664063801
13:002151274084465
14:002512586485401
15:002884498106321
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

Optimusprimenutt

39.9 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
140 metal received · 61785 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=1047
Shipyard3:17Middle 50%: 3:03–3:33 · n=1049
Orca4:19Middle 50%: 3:53–5:00 · n=727
Riptide4:36Middle 50%: 4:09–5:21 · n=1025
Oppressor5:51Middle 50%: 5:09–6:33 · n=954
Geothermal Powerplant7:58Middle 50%: 7:00–8:59 · n=635
Advanced Metal Extractor9:21Middle 50%: 8:45–10:10 · n=905

Played most by

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