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Starlight catch

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (80%)

10 distinct matches · 6 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 10% of 10 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StarlightStarlight from 8:25 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:57
  • PrudePrude in 50%12% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 50%19% of all Geo games by then
  • ShredderShredder in 50%15% of all Geo games by then
  • UmbraJammer in 40%3% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Shredder (11% of army), Jaguar (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Starlight by 8:25

  1. Open mex and wind fast, bot lab up almost immediately.
  2. Get geo online, then rush vehicle plant by 4:43.
  3. Add Prude and adv geo to push energy for T2 units.
  4. Field your first Starlight near the role's normal timing.
  5. Add Shredder anti-air and Umbra jammer as the follow-up push.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 10 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:25 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 Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~0:59, middle half 0:58–0:59

    By 0:42 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · typical 0:59
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter7Converter−3 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 7 wind, 7 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:30, middle half 5:22–6:57
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: Prude (30%)

    By 5:30 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 7 converter (standard 10) · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Mex ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. Energy storage
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:16 · typical 3:15
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Converter ×11
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:06 · typical 5:26
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. PrudePrudedone 6:39 · typical 6:40
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. BeholderBeholder
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:57 · typical 6:30
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:44, middle half 7:17–7:57
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (40%) · Radar Tower (40%) · Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (30%)

    By 7:16 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. BeholderBeholder
    2. SentrySentry
    3. GroundhogGroundhog
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:47 · typical 7:44
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to Starlight

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+5 vs standard
    Order
    1. StarlightStarlight after 13 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretdone ~9:09, middle half 8:23–10:30

    Some games also: converter (40%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (40%) · radar vehicle (40%) · jammer (40%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 8:03 in all: 4 mex · 13 wind · 1 geo · 12 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    3. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    4. ProphetRadar vehicle
    5. Light MineLight Mine
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Light MineLight Mine
    8. UmbraJammer
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Light MineLight Mine
    11. Wind
    12. Light MineLight Mine
    13. Wind
    14. StarlightStarlightdone 8:20 · typical 9:09
  5. 5

    Starlight to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    Army
    • Starlight1 Starlight
    • Shredder1 Shredder

    Some games also: radar vehicle (40%) · jammer (40%) · converter (30%) · con turret (30%) · Jaguar (30%) · eat Advanced Vehicle Plant (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 24 wind · 1 geo · 13 converter · 2 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Light MineLight Mine
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    4. Wind ×2
    5. StarlightStarlight

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (39 OS, 08/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 1:43 · in 80% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 1:50 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Front or Pondfirst at 8:03 · in 60% of games
  • Mauser5 Mauser to Suicide front or Pond or Airfirst at 8:59 · in 30% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor2 T2 mex to Air or Geo sea or Suicide frontfirst at 12:16 · in 30% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:38 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1–2 T2 mex from Air or Techfirst at 4:55 · in 40% of games
  • Butler3 Butler from Techfirst at 10:40 · in 40% of games
  • Wind Turbine15 Wind from Air or Techfirst at 11:06 · in 40% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Suicide front or Air or Techfirst at 12:46 · in 30% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

10 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003333330000
2:007298250000
3:00168415280000
4:00267127000000
5:00365437260000
6:00587956610000
7:008188810811000
8:0011476114971106342
9:00137481451115451130130
10:001444517420343550970260
11:00158562038741719641703690
12:001766123255832391617031846
13:0019915260501403594019563240
14:0022950289682853837321214596
15:00258823166333961040823456001
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Lost far more often than the standard build, with weaker economy and far fewer kills despite matching normal Starlight timing.

  • + Vehicle Plant and Prude built unusually early (50% of games by 4:43 and 5:20).
  • − Team won only 10% of games vs 54% standard.
  • − Own metal lost 2345 vs 2090-type levels while destroying only 3396 enemy metal by 15:00, far below standard's 10396.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

0neTw0

38.8 OS · 08/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
592 metal received · 49587 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:59Middle 50%: 0:58–0:59 · n=10
Geothermal Powerplant3:15Middle 50%: 3:12–3:27 · n=10
Advanced Metal Extractor5:26Middle 50%: 5:02–6:14 · n=10
Vehicle Plant6:30Middle 50%: 5:22–6:57 · n=10
Prude6:40Middle 50%: 6:39–10:05 · n=5
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:14Middle 50%: 6:51–7:34 · n=6
Advanced Vehicle Plant7:44Middle 50%: 7:17–7:57 · n=10
Starlight9:09Middle 50%: 8:23–10:30 · n=7
Shredder9:20Middle 50%: 8:50–11:49 · n=7

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