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Blitz raid

Geo rushes a Vehicle Plant and pushes out Blitz tanks from 4:14, well before the usual T2 focus, fighting forward in the middle rather than sitting on defence, then transitions back into the normal Starlight/T2 economy.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (68%)

#raid #rush · 64 distinct matches · 20 players · 5% of Armada Geo games · team won 51% of 65 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • BlitzT1 vehicle raid from 4:14 · 6% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 6% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:26
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 100%15% of all Geo games by then
  • BlitzBlitz in 65%4% of all Geo games by then

Started with Blitz (98%), Rover (2%).

Where those units first fight, in 64 games with kill data: in the middle 81%, on their own side 17%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,308 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Starlight (16% of army), Jaguar (12% of army), Platypus (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 3:59, Blitz by 5:28

  1. Open triple mex and wind into Bot Lab as usual for Geo.
  2. Get the geo plant up on the normal Geo timing.
  3. Skip the T2 rush and pump Blitz from an early Vehicle Plant instead.
  4. Push Blitz out to raid and fight at middle ahead of the role norm.
  5. Transition back into the usual T2 push with Advanced Vehicle Plant and Starlight.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 64 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  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 Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:13, middle half 1:11–1:18

    By 0:57 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:30 · typical 1:13
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 vehicle raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 4 wind, 1 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 4 wind, 6 converter
    3. BlitzT1 vehicle raid after 4 mex, 4 wind, 6 converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus5 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    Some games also: energy storage (34%)

    By 4:14 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind · 1 geo · 6 converter (standard 4) · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Converter
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Converter
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:32 · typical 3:31
    12. Con turret ×4
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×3
    16. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:45 · typical 4:12
    17. BlitzBlitzdone 4:48
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle raid to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 4 mex, 6 converter, 6 con turretin 58% of games
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 5 wind, 8 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:28, middle half 7:59–9:35
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Blitz11 Blitz +11 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 wind · 8 converter

    By 7:53 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 6 converter (standard 12) · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 108 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. BlitzBlitz ×6
    4. Mex
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:19 · typical 5:45
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Con turret
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:46
    12. BlitzBlitz ×6
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. BlitzBlitz ×9
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:52
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. LazarusLazarus ×4
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. PawnPawn
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. PawnPawn
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. PawnPawn
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. PawnPawn
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. PawnPawn
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. PawnPawn
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. PawnPawn
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. PawnPawn
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. PawnPawn
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. PawnPawn
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Mex
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. PawnPawn
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. PawnPawn
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. PrudePrudedone 12:01
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Mex
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. PawnPawn ×2
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. PawnPawn
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. PawnPawn
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. PawnPawn
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. PawnPawn
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. PawnPawn
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. PawnPawn
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. PawnPawn
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. PawnPawn
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. PawnPawn
    86. BlitzBlitz ×4
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. PawnPawn
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. PawnPawn
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. PawnPawn
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. PawnPawn
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. PawnPawn
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Con turret
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    106. Con turret ×2
    107. PawnPawn ×3
    108. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:02 · typical 8:28
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (45%) · converter (35%) · Starlight (35%) · con turret (31%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 wind · 2 Starlight

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 19) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter (standard 16) · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 50 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. ConsulConsul
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ConsulConsul
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. ConsulConsul
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind
    21. UmbraJammer
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ProphetRadar vehicle
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Energy storage
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. TracerTracer
    43. PawnPawn
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Wind
    47. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    48. Converter
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (40 OS, 04/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:16 · in 71% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:46 · in 82% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 9:00 · in 37% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:55 · in 89% 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

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

65 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
1:003843330000
2:009198250000
3:00170115230000
4:00269327000000
5:00443737260000
6:006329572920002600
7:0083408130960011000
8:00111541145912470134021
9:0014059144891294511450130
10:00169651740518005651600280
11:001954520377292620742461790
12:0022115233054794394036871940
13:0024714260626039596146403304
14:0027950289886970832161674785
15:00301023149778321017277016196
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build, trading better mid-game damage for a much heavier metal loss around 10:00.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 10:00 well up (1800 vs 624)
  • + Metal produced by 5:00 ahead (4436 vs 3718)
  • − Team win rate below standard (47% vs 53%)
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 far higher (1595 vs 334)
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

40.4 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
616 metal received · 69590 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 1:11–1:18 · n=61
Geothermal Powerplant3:31Middle 50%: 3:17–3:40 · n=64
Vehicle Plant4:12Middle 50%: 3:59–4:35 · n=65
Advanced Metal Extractor5:45Middle 50%: 5:25–6:21 · n=60
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:39Middle 50%: 7:22–8:00 · n=41
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:28Middle 50%: 7:59–9:35 · n=36

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