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Hovercraft raid

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds a hovercraft platform before the shipyard and pushes out Seeker hovercraft early to raid, then transitions into the normal destroyer-based sea game.

Hovers first

#raid #naval · 88 distinct matches · 33 players · 12% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 52% of 88 · 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 (31% of army), seeker (17% of army), frigate (10% 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 88 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 1:36–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · wind for allies (39%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind
    8. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:51 · 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 ~4:16, middle half 4:00–4:38
    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 3:56 in all: 6 mex · 10 wind (standard 2) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. SeekerSeeker ×3
    8. Mex
    9. SeekerSeeker ×2
    10. SweeperSweeper
    11. HarpoonHarpoon
    12. Mex
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:23 · typical 4:16
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    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 (39%) · frigate (38%) · converter (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 89 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. Mex
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:32 · typical 5:52
    7. Naval Construction Turret
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. OverwatchOverwatch
    11. Mex
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Construction ShipCon ship
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Con turret
    19. EllysawFrigate
    20. SentrySentry
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. AnemoneAnemone
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Wind ×2
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:57 · typical 9:24
    32. Wind
    33. EllysawFrigate
    34. Wind
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Converter
    39. Construction ShipCon ship
    40. Converter
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Converter
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Converter
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. Converter ×2
    49. HarpoonHarpoon
    50. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    51. Converter
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Converter ×2
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Converter
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Naval Construction Turret
    60. Converter
    61. Naval Construction Turret
    62. Converter
    63. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:41
    64. Con turret
    65. Converter
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. Converter
    71. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    72. Tidal
    73. Converter
    74. Tidal
    75. Converter
    76. Tidal
    77. VoyagerVoyager
    78. Converter
    79. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:17
    80. VoyagerVoyager
    81. StoutStout
    82. Converter
    83. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:50
    84. StoutStout
    85. Naval Construction Turret
    86. NettleNettle
    87. Converter
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ev1lPotat0's (41 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:50 · in 58% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:01 · in 50% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:11 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:51 · in 81% 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

88 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
1:004044040000
2:009389380000
3:00153315890000
4:002381254951515150
5:0037603734411254254125
6:0051305155842568566300
7:006495671012001143821610
8:00805183101699167611261037
9:009663100132242250216861656
10:0011480119153314359620422419
11:0013840142314045454924813242
12:0016436169304857539831584012
13:0018586197585289645738094885
14:0021302224506461726047915761
15:0023846253966927836554246721
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

Ev1lPotat0

40.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
197 metal received · 124797 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:41Middle 50%: 1:36–1:52 · n=88
Shipyard4:16Middle 50%: 4:00–4:38 · n=76
Corsair5:52Middle 50%: 5:21–7:17 · n=71
Advanced Metal Extractor9:24Middle 50%: 8:56–10:33 · n=73

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