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Standard geo sea

Cortex Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 977 distinct matches · 100 players · 83% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 52% of 1096 · 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 977 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 · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:37 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex ×2
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:39 · 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 (40%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. GuardGuard
    4. RiptideFrigatedone 4:02 · typical 4:35
    5. GuardGuard
    6. RiptideFrigate
    7. Mex
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Con turret
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Mex
    13. OppressorDestroyerdone 5:18 · typical 5:51
    14. ThistleThistle
    15. GuardGuard
  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 (47%) · Thistle (40%) · 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 · 91 steps
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:33 · typical 7:59
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. OppressorDestroyer
    4. Wind
    5. HerringMissile corvette
    6. Wind
    7. HerringMissile corvette
    8. Wind
    9. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    10. Wind
    11. SupporterGunboat
    12. Wind
    13. SupporterGunboat
    14. Wind
    15. SupporterGunboat
    16. Mex
    17. RiptideFrigate
    18. Wind
    19. RiptideFrigate
    20. Wind
    21. GuardGuard
    22. RiptideFrigate
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:43 · typical 9:22
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RiptideFrigate
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Converter ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RiptideFrigate
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. RiptideFrigate
    42. Wind
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Converter
    45. OppressorDestroyer
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    51. Wind
    52. HerringMissile corvette
    53. Wind
    54. SupporterGunboat
    55. Con turret
    56. Converter
    57. RiptideFrigate
    58. Wind
    59. RiptideFrigate
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Converter
    63. RiptideFrigate
    64. Wind
    65. OppressorDestroyer
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. HerringMissile corvette
    69. SupporterGunboat
    70. RiptideFrigate ×3
    71. OppressorDestroyer
    72. HerringMissile corvette
    73. SupporterGunboat
    74. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    75. RiptideFrigate ×3
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. OppressorDestroyer
    78. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    79. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    80. Construction ShipCon ship ×3
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Construction ShipCon ship ×4
    83. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:58
    84. Pit BullPit Bull
    85. Mex
    86. Con turret
    87. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    88. Mex
    89. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    90. PathfinderPathfinder
    91. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Teradactylman's (36 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

1096 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039700
2:0092800
3:00156700
4:002900051
5:00410913152
6:005464441241
7:006946931551
8:0086111570903
9:001049024561351
10:001261036252061
11:001521848802898
12:001811663973757
13:002141473914448
14:002501386465363
15:002878197446294
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

Teradactylman

36.1 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
39 metal received · 47943 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=1085
Shipyard3:17Middle 50%: 3:02–3:33 · n=1090
Orca4:19Middle 50%: 3:54–5:00 · n=755
Riptide4:35Middle 50%: 4:08–5:21 · n=1064
Oppressor5:51Middle 50%: 5:08–6:35 · n=992
Geothermal Powerplant7:59Middle 50%: 7:01–9:00 · n=655
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:45–10:10 · n=940

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