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Blitz raid

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo rushes a Vehicle Plant before its advanced metal extractor and sends Blitz tanks raiding from around 4:26, well ahead of the usual T2 push timing.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#raid #rush · 115 distinct matches · 37 players · 4% of Armada Geo games · team won 52% of 116 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • BlitzT1 vehicle raid from 4:26 · 6% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 6% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:25
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 99%17% of all Geo games by then
  • BlitzBlitz in 53%3% of all Geo games by then

Started with Blitz (90%), Pincer (9%), Rover (1%).

Where those units first fight, in 115 games with kill data: in the middle 77%, on their own side 18%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,428 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Starlight (20% of army), Jaguar (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Blitz raid by 4:15

  1. Open mex and Bot Lab same as the usual Geo start.
  2. Get geo up on schedule to keep pace with role norms.
  3. Rush Vehicle Plant and send Blitz tanks out to raid early.
  4. Reclaim Vehicle Plant in most games to recover metal.
  5. Switch into Starlight and Jaguar army as advanced geo finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 115 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 ~1:12, middle half 0:59–1:18

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to T1 vehicle raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 4 wind, 1 con turret
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 5 wind, 6 converter
    4. BlitzT1 vehicle raid after 4 mex, 5 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 (49%)

    By 4:26 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 1 geo · 6 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Converter
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:39 · typical 3:31
    12. Converter ×5
    13. Con turret
    14. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:12 · typical 4:22
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Con turret
    17. BlitzBlitzdone 4:26
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle raid to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 5 wind, 6 converter, 6 con turretin 53% of games
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:43, middle half 8:05–10:01
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Blitz11 Blitz +11 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (46%) · wind (45%) · energy storage (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 wind · 7 converter

    By 8:04 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 8 converter (standard 12) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 72 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. BlitzBlitz ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. BlitzBlitz ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. BlitzBlitz ×4
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:48 · typical 6:00
    9. Con turret
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:19 · typical 7:50
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:26
    16. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    17. StormbringerBomber
    18. Con turret
    19. StormbringerBomber ×4
    20. Converter
    21. StormbringerBomber
    22. Converter
    23. StormbringerBomber
    24. Con turret
    25. StormbringerBomber ×3
    26. Con turret
    27. StormbringerBomber ×2
    28. Converter
    29. StormbringerBomber ×5
    30. Con turret
    31. StormbringerBomber ×3
    32. BlinkScout plane ×2
    33. Converter
    34. FalconFighter ×10
    35. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:35
    36. FalconFighter
    37. StoutStout
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:44
    39. StoutStout ×2
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. StoutStout
    43. PawnPawn
    44. StoutStout
    45. PawnPawn
    46. StoutStout
    47. PawnPawn
    48. StoutStout
    49. PawnPawn
    50. StoutStout
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. StoutStout
    54. PawnPawn
    55. StoutStout
    56. PawnPawn
    57. StoutStout
    58. PawnPawn
    59. StoutStout
    60. PawnPawn
    61. StoutStout
    62. PawnPawn
    63. StoutStout
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. StoutStout
    67. PawnPawn
    68. StoutStout
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:03 · typical 8:43
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (41%) · Starlight (36%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 wind · 2 converter · 2 Starlight

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind (standard 18) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter (standard 16) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Wind
    4. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    5. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    6. StarlightStarlightdone 11:17 · typical 9:48
    7. Wind
    8. StarlightStarlight
    9. Wind
    10. StarlightStarlight
    11. Wind
    12. StarlightStarlight
    13. Wind
    14. Metal storage
    15. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:34
    18. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    19. Wind
    20. LicheLichedone 14:12
    21. Wind
    22. OracleOracle
    23. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraftfor Suicide front
    24. Wind
    25. OracleOracle
    26. HighwindHighwind ×2
    27. Wind
    28. HighwindHighwind
    29. ArbalestArbalest ×2
    30. HighwindHighwind
    31. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:15 · in 69% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:42 · in 83% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 9:24 · in 41% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:58 · in 88% 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

116 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
2:009078590000
3:00164015270000
4:00265226700000
5:00411936940000
6:00606856367201200
7:007922802572009900
8:001055011347993013400
9:001346214406137343145084
10:00162941727517844721598194
11:001917720123285517452045520
12:0021733229894487361831141605
13:0024289257335933587242792970
14:0027337285867274824559024420
15:00298033135584501020167065586
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Matches standard team win rate but trades more own metal lost for a higher metal production lead, with raids fighting mostly at home.

  • + Metal production climbs to 4434 vs 3716 standard by 5:00.
  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 10:00 triples standard (1823 vs 534).
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 jumps to 1600 vs 260 standard.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 still falls short of standard (8429 vs 10573).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Syphos

42.1 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
4588 metal received · 115961 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:59–1:18 · n=111
Geothermal Powerplant3:31Middle 50%: 3:16–3:41 · n=114
Vehicle Plant4:22Middle 50%: 4:06–4:48 · n=116
Advanced Metal Extractor6:00Middle 50%: 5:36–6:42 · n=108
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:50Middle 50%: 7:26–8:30 · n=68
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:43Middle 50%: 8:05–10:01 · n=75
Starlight9:48Middle 50%: 8:55–11:29 · n=65

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