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Blitz raid

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo rushes a Vehicle Plant and commits to a T1 Blitz raid from 4:15, far earlier than the role norm, pressuring the middle before moving into its normal T2 transition.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#raid #rush · 114 distinct matches · 37 players · 4% of Armada Geo games · team won 52% of 115 · 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 7:24
  • 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 (10%), Rover (1%).

Where those units first fight, in 114 games with kill data: in the middle 77%, on their own side 18%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,421 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Starlight (21% 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 114 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 0:58–1:18

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Energy storage
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret
    17. Mexfor Beach sea
    18. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:23 · typical 3:31
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Converter ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Converter ×2
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Converter
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Energy storage ×2
    34. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:00 · typical 4:21
    35. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    36. BlitzBlitzdone 5:15
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle raid to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 5 wind, 7 converter, 6 con turretin 52% of games
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:40, middle half 8:04–9:53
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Blitz11 Blitz +11 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (46%) · wind (44%) · 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 · 8 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×5
    2. Con turret
    3. BlitzBlitz ×4
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:14 · typical 5:59
    8. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:43 · typical 8:40
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (41%) · Starlight (37%)

    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 · 45 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    3. JaguarJaguar ×2
    4. ProphetRadar vehicle
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 9:59 · typical 7:50
    6. UmbraJammer
    7. StarlightStarlightdone 10:35 · typical 9:47
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Con turret
    10. StarlightStarlight
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. ArbalestArbalest
    13. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:37
    14. StarlightStarlight
    15. T2 converter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. JaguarJaguar
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ArbalestArbalest
    20. JaguarJaguar
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind ×3
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Wind
    26. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:53
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind ×2
    33. TracerTracer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. ShredderShredderdone 14:33
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind ×2
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. Pit BullPit Bull
    41. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    42. Wind ×2
    43. MercuryMercurynot finished by 15:00
    44. Wind
    45. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (31 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 70% 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 42% 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

115 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
1:003833330000
2:009068550000
3:00164015270000
4:00263326720000
5:00412336950000
6:00609556438201300
7:007945802571409900
8:0010611113431006013400
9:001351914406135143145084
10:00163411728017754801595200
11:001916720125282017452011520
12:0021704230014474361431121608
13:0024256257396039582642702980
14:0027303285897445822258944440
15:00297363136084651017267005610
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

annie_may_tydease

30.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1496 metal received · 195044 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:18 · n=110
Geothermal Powerplant3:31Middle 50%: 3:16–3:41 · n=113
Vehicle Plant4:21Middle 50%: 4:06–4:48 · n=115
Advanced Metal Extractor5:59Middle 50%: 5:36–6:42 · n=107
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:50Middle 50%: 7:25–8:33 · n=67
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:40Middle 50%: 8:04–9:53 · n=74
Starlight9:47Middle 50%: 8:55–11:20 · n=64

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