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Hovercraft raid

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds a Hovercraft Platform within the first 70 seconds and sends Seekers raiding by 2:15, well ahead of the rest of the role, before still putting up a shipyard and destroyer to transition into the normal naval game.

Hovers first

#amphibious #raid #rush · 93 distinct matches · 33 players · 13% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 93 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%15% of all Beach sea games by then
  • SeekerSeeker in 99%15% of all Beach sea games by then

Then transitions into destroyer (30% of army), seeker (18% of army), frigate (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 1:10

  1. Open with mex and wind instead of straight shipyard.
  2. Build a Hovercraft Platform right after your initial eco.
  3. Push out a Seeker raid to harass enemy sea entry early.
  4. Put down the shipyard once the raid is out.
  5. Add Corsair and settle into standard sea play from here.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 93 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD BEACH SEA
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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 Hovercraft Platform

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:41, middle half 1:35–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · wind for allies (38%)

    By 1:10 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:03 · typical 1:41
  2. 2

    Hovercraft Platform to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 6 mex, 10 winddone ~4:15, middle half 3:59–4:36
    Builders
    • Construction Hovercraft3 Con hovercraft +3 vs standard
    Army
    • Seeker7 Seeker +7 vs standard

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 tidal · 2 con ship · 2 skater · 2 dolphin

    By 3:55 in all: 6 mex · 10 wind (standard 2) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Windfor Air
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Windfor Air
    7. SeekerSeeker ×2
    8. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Mex
    11. SeekerSeeker ×2
    12. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    13. Mex
    14. HarpoonHarpoon
    15. Mex
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:02 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin −2 vs standard
    • Corsair3 Destroyer
    • Skater3 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (49%) · tidal (45%) · Naval Construction Turret (38%) · frigate (37%) · Nettle (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 23 wind (standard 16) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 103 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. Mex
    3. HarpoonHarpoon
    4. Mex
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. HarpoonHarpoon
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    9. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    14. Tidal
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Tidal
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 7:50
    19. Tidal
    20. Mex
    21. Naval Energy Converter
    22. Mex
    23. Naval Energy Converter
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Mex
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Tidal
    28. NettleNettle
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. Tidal
    32. Wind ×3
    33. NettleNettle
    34. Tidal
    35. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    36. MaelstromMaelstromdone 8:24
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. Tidal
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Tidal
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    45. Tidal
    46. MaelstromMaelstrom
    47. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 10:07
    48. Tidal ×3
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:59 · typical 9:25
    50. Naval Metal Storage
    51. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    54. Naval Construction Turret
    55. HarpoonHarpoon
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Naval Construction Turret
    58. NettleNettle
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Tidal ×2
    61. NettleNettle
    62. Tidal ×2
    63. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    64. Tidal ×6
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:05
    69. MorayMoraydone 12:27
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. EelSubmarinedone 12:20
    72. Naval Construction Turret
    73. Tidal
    74. EelSubmarine
    75. Naval Energy Storage
    76. EelSubmarine
    77. SkaterSkater ×2
    78. EllysawFrigate ×3
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. EllysawFrigate
    82. Naval Energy Storage
    83. EllysawFrigate ×3
    84. Tidal
    85. EllysawFrigate
    86. Tidal ×2
    87. EllysawFrigate
    88. Tidal ×2
    89. EllysawFrigate
    90. Tidal
    91. EllysawFrigate ×2
    92. Tidal
    93. EllysawFrigate
    94. Tidal
    95. EllysawFrigate
    96. Tidal
    97. EllysawFrigate
    98. Tidal
    99. EllysawFrigate
    100. Tidal
    101. DolphinDolphin ×3
    102. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    103. DolphinDolphin ×11

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ComDelivery's (39 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Geo or Geo seafirst at 1:49 · in 51% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · in 59% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 1:53 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:11 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:56 · in 82% of games

How it plays out

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

  • This build
  • Standard beach sea

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

93 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard beach seaEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard beach seaOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard beach sea
1:004034040000
2:009389380000
3:00153315870000
4:002394254751515151
5:0037553734411254255125
6:0051275157851568561301
7:006495671312371142816606
8:00805383101706167911261044
9:009702100112290250216851675
10:0011529119033417360720432426
11:0013881142204130455925353258
12:0016407169225076542331904026
13:0018560196955327646938324893
14:0021263224036625727547475822
15:0023844253867059836854006734
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build with a similar economy but far more early kills by 5:00.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed hit 444 by 5:00 vs 180 standard.
  • + Own metal lost stayed lower at 15:00 despite the raid.
  • − Metal produced trails standard by 10:00 and 15:00.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 falls behind standard (6667 vs 8279).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

ComDelivery

38.8 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
103 metal received · 22079 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:41Middle 50%: 1:35–1:52 · n=93
Shipyard4:15Middle 50%: 3:59–4:36 · n=79
Corsair5:50Middle 50%: 5:15–7:15 · n=73
Advanced Metal Extractor9:25Middle 50%: 8:56–10:29 · n=78

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