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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 · 976 distinct matches · 100 players · 83% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 52% of 1095 · 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 976 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 ×3
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · 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. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. TrasherTrasher
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:17 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. OrcaSubmarinedone 3:37 · typical 4:19
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. ThistleThistle
    5. RiptideFrigatedone 3:59 · typical 4:35
    6. Mex
    7. OppressorDestroyerdone 4:58 · typical 5:52
    8. Converter
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:54 · typical 7:59
  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 · 115 steps
    1. HerringMissile corvette
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Mex
    4. GuardGuard
    5. RiptideFrigate
    6. ThistleThistle
    7. OppressorDestroyer
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Con turret
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Converter
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. GuardGuard
    16. HerringMissile corvette
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Converter
    19. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    20. RiptideFrigate
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 9:22
    23. RiptideFrigate
    24. GuardGuard
    25. OppressorDestroyer
    26. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    27. HerringMissile corvette
    28. Wind
    29. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    30. Wind
    31. RiptideFrigate
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. RiptideFrigate
    35. Wind ×2
    36. OppressorDestroyer
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. RiptideFrigate
    42. Wind ×2
    43. HerringMissile corvette
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    46. RiptideFrigate
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. RiptideFrigate
    49. OppressorDestroyer
    50. Con turret
    51. HerringMissile corvette
    52. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    53. RiptideFrigate ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. OppressorDestroyer
    56. Wind ×2
    57. HerringMissile corvette
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. Construction ShipCon ship
    64. Wind
    65. Construction ShipCon ship
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. RiptideFrigate
    69. Wind
    70. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    71. Tidal
    72. OppressorDestroyer
    73. Tidal
    74. Wind
    75. Tidal ×2
    76. HerringMissile corvette
    77. Wind
    78. Tidal
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    82. Tidal ×2
    83. Wind
    84. RiptideFrigate
    85. Wind
    86. Tidal
    87. OppressorDestroyer
    88. Wind
    89. Tidal
    90. Wind
    91. HerringMissile corvette
    92. Tidal
    93. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    94. Wind
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    98. Wind
    99. RiptideFrigate
    100. Wind
    101. Tidal
    102. OppressorDestroyer
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Tidal
    105. Wind ×2
    106. HerringMissile corvette
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    109. Wind ×2
    110. RiptideFrigate
    111. Wind ×2
    112. OppressorDestroyer
    113. Wind ×3
    114. HerringMissile corvette
    115. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is tedsterr's (43 OS, 06/08/2026); 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

1095 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039700
2:0092800
3:00156700
4:002900051
5:00410813052
6:005463440241
7:006945930551
8:0086091570904
9:001049124521351
10:001261236252061
11:001521948812901
12:001812163983761
13:002141473934451
14:002501686485371
15:002879197536300
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

tedsterr

42.8 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
221 metal received · 27161 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=1084
Shipyard3:17Middle 50%: 3:02–3:33 · n=1089
Orca4:19Middle 50%: 3:54–5:00 · n=754
Riptide4:35Middle 50%: 4:08–5:20 · n=1063
Oppressor5:52Middle 50%: 5:08–6:35 · n=991
Geothermal Powerplant7:59Middle 50%: 7:01–9:00 · n=654
Advanced Metal Extractor9:22Middle 50%: 8:45–10:10 · n=940

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