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 52% of 1080 · Recently observed
Key timing: Shipyard by 3:18
- Open 3 mex, wind and solar, then Bot Lab.
- Get a BP and costal torpedo launcher up before the Shipyard.
- Put up Shipyard once you can defend it.
- Push out "submarine" and "frigate" to contest the sea.
- Add geothermal to fund the fleet transition into "destroyer", "missile corvette".
Phase by phase
TYPICAL OF ITS 963 GAMESFollow 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
Up to the Bot Lab
Economy
3Mex
3Wind
Order
Bot 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 · 5 steps
- Mex ×3
- Wind ×4
- Energy storage
- Mex
Bot Labdone 1:54 · typical 1:12
- 2
Bot Lab to Shipyard
Economy
1Mex
2Wind
Order
Shipyard after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~3:17, middle half 3:02–3:33
Builders
3 Con bot
2 Graverobber
Army
1 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 · 43 steps
- Wind
Graverobber- Wind
Graverobber- Wind
Graverobber- Wind
Con bot ×2- Wind ×2
Con bot ×2
Aircraft Plantdone 3:40- Mex
Con bot- Con turret
- Converter ×5
Grunt
Finch
Grunt- Mex
Light transport- Converter
Light transport
Valiant- Wind
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Dragon's Teeth ×2- Wind
Dragon's Teeth- Mex
Dragon's Teeth- Con turret
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Valiant
Geodone 6:10 · typical 7:59
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth
Shipyarddone 5:24 · typical 3:17
- 3
Shipyard to 5:00
Economy
4Mex
Builders
1 Con ship
Army
2 Frigate
1 Submarine
Other
1 Radar Tower
Some games also: Guard (49%) · wind (49%) · missile corvette (48%) · destroyer (46%) · gunboat (41%)
By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret
- 4
5:00 to 10:00
Economy
2Mex
8Wind
1Converter
Builders
1 Con turret
2 Death Cavalry
1 Con ship
Army
2 Guard
5 Frigate
2 Destroyer
Other
2 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 · 136 steps
- Mex
Dragon's Teeth
Con aircraft
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Dragon's Teeth ×2- Con turret
Dragon's Teeth
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth ×4
Valiant
Dragon's Teeth
Guard
Dragon's Teeth
Frigatedone 6:24 · typical 4:36
Dragon's Teeth
Bot Labdone 6:39
Frigate
Guard
Thistle
Destroyerdone 7:47 · typical 5:52
Con bot
Guard
Con bot
Radar Tower- Mex
Con bot ×2
Guard- Con turret
Con ship
Guard
Con ship
Missile corvette
Radar Tower
Frigate- Con turret
Thistle- Con turret
Death Cavalry- Converter
- Wind
- Converter
- Wind ×2
- Con turret
- Wind
Frigate- Converter
- Wind ×4
- Converter
- Wind ×4
- Converter
Frigate
Naval Radar / Sonar Tower- Converter
- Wind ×4
- Con turret
- Converter
- Wind ×9
- Mex
- Wind ×2
Destroyer- Con turret
- Wind ×2
- Converter
- Wind ×4
Urchin- Converter
- Wind ×8
Missile corvette- Wind ×2
- Mex
- Wind
- Converter
- Wind
Frigate- Con turret
- Wind
- Converter
- Wind ×5
Death Cavalry- Wind ×3
Missile corvette- Wind ×2
- Converter
- Con turret
- Wind ×5
- Converter
- Wind ×8
- Con turret
- Wind ×4
- Converter ×3
- Wind
Advanced Bot Labdone 13:40- Wind ×4
Con ship- Wind ×3
- Mex
- Wind ×10
- Converter ×2
- Wind ×5
- Converter
- Wind ×10
- Converter
- Wind ×4
Naval Radar / Sonar Tower- Wind
- Converter
- Wind ×11
Advanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00- Converter ×2
- Wind ×5
- Converter
- Wind ×4
T2 con bot- Wind ×9
T2 con bot- Converter
- Wind
- Converter ×2
- Wind ×14
- Converter
- Wind
- Converter
T2 mexnot finished by 15:00- Converter
- Wind ×9
- Metal storage
- Wind ×5
- Converter
- Wind ×2
Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Graceful's (37 OS, 27/08/2026); pick another.
Team trades
IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMESYou hand over
2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:48 · in 72% of games
You get
1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 83% of games
1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:00 · in 75% of games
1 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
metal
Enemy metal destroyed
metal
Own metal lost
metal
1080 games.
Show as table
| By | Metal produced: This build | Enemy metal destroyed: This build | Own metal lost: This build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 | 397 | 0 | 0 |
| 2:00 | 928 | 0 | 0 |
| 3:00 | 1567 | 0 | 0 |
| 4:00 | 2903 | 0 | 51 |
| 5:00 | 4108 | 131 | 52 |
| 6:00 | 5464 | 441 | 242 |
| 7:00 | 6946 | 931 | 551 |
| 8:00 | 8618 | 1570 | 905 |
| 9:00 | 10497 | 2463 | 1363 |
| 10:00 | 12615 | 3634 | 2072 |
| 11:00 | 15221 | 4887 | 2938 |
| 12:00 | 18129 | 6405 | 3801 |
| 13:00 | 21479 | 7401 | 4458 |
| 14:00 | 25079 | 8646 | 5388 |
| 15:00 | 28822 | 9776 | 6321 |
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
Graceful
36.7 OS · 27/08/2026
Open source match ↗0 received units
5 metal received · 1471 energy received
Typical milestones
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