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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×3for Air
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. TrasherTrasher ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Energy storage
    13. JellyfishJellyfish
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:11 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. RiptideFrigatedone 4:35 · typical 4:35
    4. Mex
    5. GuardGuard
    6. OppressorDestroyerdone 5:27 · typical 5:51
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 83 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Converter
    3. Mex
    4. Converter
    5. GuardGuard
    6. HerringMissile corvette
    7. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    8. Mex
    9. RiptideFrigate
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:09 · typical 7:59
    13. RiptideFrigate
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RiptideFrigate ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. OppressorDestroyer
    20. Converter
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. HerringMissile corvette
    23. Converter
    24. RiptideFrigate
    25. Converter ×2
    26. RiptideFrigate
    27. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    28. Converter
    29. Mex
    30. Con turret
    31. Converter
    32. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    33. Converter
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. RiptideFrigate
    36. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    37. RiptideFrigate
    38. BeholderBeholder
    39. RiptideFrigate
    40. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    41. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:02 · typical 9:22
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    46. RiptideFrigate ×4
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:15
    48. RiptideFrigate
    49. Tidal
    50. RiptideFrigate
    51. UrchinUrchin
    52. Tidal
    53. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    54. UrchinUrchin
    55. Tidal
    56. ThugThug
    57. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    58. Tidal
    59. ThugThug
    60. UrchinUrchin
    61. ThugThug
    62. RiptideFrigate
    63. Tidal
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Tidal
    67. ThugThug
    68. HerringMissile corvette
    69. Tidal
    70. RiptideFrigate
    71. Tidal
    72. RiptideFrigate ×2
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Tidal
    75. RiptideFrigate
    76. GuardGuard
    77. Tidal
    78. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    79. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    80. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:18
    81. Naval Energy Storage
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. DespotBattleshipnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is I_pawngame_u's (37 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

I_pawngame_u

36.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
32 metal received · 86711 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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