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Hovercraft raid

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Same economy-first sea plan as standard, but hovercraft platform goes up first and a fast hovercraft raid is sent out by around 2 minutes before the shipyard and destroyer follow; still transitions into the normal fleet.

Hovers first

#naval #eco #raid · 156 distinct matches · 47 players · 12% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 56% of 156 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 99%14% of all Beach sea games by then
  • SeekerSeeker in 99%14% of all Beach sea games by then

Then transitions into destroyer (31% of army), seeker (15% of army), dolphin (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hover raid (Seeker) by 2:13

  1. Open mex and energy exactly like standard sea economy.
  2. Build Hovercraft Platform first instead of going straight shipyard.
  3. Send a fast Seeker raid out well ahead of the usual timing.
  4. Reclaim Hovercraft Platform in most games once the raid is done.
  5. Pivot into shipyard and normal Corsair-led fleet build.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 156 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 Turbine5Wind+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 3 mex, 5 winddone ~1:44, middle half 1:33–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · wind for allies (32%)

    By 1:10 in all: 3 mex · 5 wind (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Air
    3. Wind
    4. NettleNettle
  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 3:59–4:39
    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 · 25 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 2:13
    3. Tidal ×2
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. SeekerSeeker
    11. Wind
    12. SeekerSeeker
    13. Wind
    14. SweeperSweeper
    15. Tidal
    16. Mex
    17. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    18. Mex
    19. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    20. Con turret
    21. Mex
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    24. Mex
    25. ShipyardShipyarddone 6:00 · typical 4:16
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platform
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Corsair3 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (46%) · frigate (38%) · Naval Construction Turret (38%) · tidal (37%) · submarine (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 101 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Mexfor Geo sea
    6. HarpoonHarpoon
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. Mexfor Geo sea
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. HarpoonHarpoon
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Construction ShipCon ship
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. CorsairDestroyerdone 8:41 · typical 5:55
    27. Wind
    28. SeekerSeeker
    29. Con turret
    30. SeekerSeeker
    31. SentrySentry
    32. SeekerSeeker
    33. Wind
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. SentrySentry
    36. SeekerSeeker
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:41 · typical 9:43
    39. Wind
    40. SeekerSeeker
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Wind
    43. SeekerSeeker ×2
    44. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. SeekerSeeker ×2
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. SeekerSeeker
    49. HarpoonHarpoonfor Suicide front
    50. EllysawFrigate
    51. SeekerSeeker
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. EllysawFrigate
    54. SeekerSeeker
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Con turret
    57. SeekerSeeker
    58. Wind
    59. SeekerSeeker
    60. Wind
    61. EllysawFrigate
    62. Wind
    63. SeekerSeeker
    64. Wind
    65. EllysawFrigate
    66. Wind
    67. SeekerSeeker
    68. Wind
    69. EllysawFrigate
    70. SeekerSeeker
    71. Wind
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Con turret
    74. SeekerSeeker
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. SeekerSeeker
    78. Tidal
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. SeekerSeeker
    84. Tidal ×2
    85. Construction ShipCon ship
    86. EllysawFrigate ×5
    87. CorsairDestroyer
    88. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. EllysawFrigate ×5
    92. CorsairDestroyer
    93. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    94. Naval Energy Converter
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Naval Energy Converter
    97. EllysawFrigate
    98. Naval Energy Converter
    99. EllysawFrigate ×2
    100. Naval Energy Converter
    101. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (30 OS, 12/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Geofirst at 1:54 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:54 · in 67% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:01 · in 59% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:02 · 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 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

156 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
3:00156115800000
4:002449252051515151
5:0038063704373241255150
6:0051645100740563582355
7:006504658811691095856691
8:00798281521656165612371138
9:00947697742340243117151809
10:0011375116213312332521132565
11:0013604136904123426628163340
12:0015989160495226506637914130
13:0018348184765794585641834941
14:0021045212526737654250685913
15:0023078239117703739956466700
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Slightly better team win rate than standard with higher early kills, though overall metal destroyed by 15:00 still trails.

  • + Team win rate 52% vs 47% standard.
  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 5:00 is higher (410 vs 255).
  • − Metal production falls behind by 15:00 (23823 vs 25292).
  • − Own metal lost nearly doubles by 5:00 (255 vs 128).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

JesterB

30.3 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
18 metal received · 13970 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:44Middle 50%: 1:33–1:52 · n=154
Shipyard4:16Middle 50%: 3:59–4:39 · n=137
Corsair5:55Middle 50%: 5:26–7:22 · n=128
Advanced Metal Extractor9:43Middle 50%: 9:05–10:39 · n=138

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