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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 · 166 distinct matches · 51 players · 12% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 55% of 166 · 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 (32% 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 166 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 ~1:41, middle half 1:32–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · wind for allies (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:27 · 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 3:57–4:38
    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 3:55 in all: 6 mex · 10 wind (standard 2) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Wind ×6
    4. SeekerSeeker
    5. Wind
    6. SeekerSeeker
    7. Wind
    8. SeekerSeeker ×2
    9. Mex
    10. SeekerSeeker ×6
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    14. Mex
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:19 · typical 4:15
  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
    • Dolphin5 Dolphin
    • Corsair3 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (47%) · frigate (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (37%) · submarine (36%) · tidal (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 23 wind (standard 15) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 52 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. Wind
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Wind
    10. EelSubmarinedone 5:42
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Con turret
    14. EllysawFrigate
    15. Wind
    16. EllysawFrigate
    17. Wind
    18. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:18 · typical 5:57
    19. Wind
    20. NettleNettle
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Wind
    26. NettleNettle
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Converter
    29. EelSubmarine
    30. Mex
    31. Converter
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 9:47
    35. Converter
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Converter
    38. Energy storage
    39. SentrySentry
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. SentrySentry ×2
    43. Mex ×2
    44. EllysawFrigate
    45. Mex
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. EllysawFrigate
    48. SentrySentry ×2
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. SkaterSkater

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (35 OS, 20/08/2026); 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 40% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:54 · in 67% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:07 · in 60% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:03 · 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

166 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
3:00154915810000
4:002449252251515151
5:0037893703373240255150
6:0051515095745564582351
7:006496658211691089862680
8:00798181521656164912631129
9:00944897682274243417241794
10:0011275116213207333521882545
11:0013475136554045423428663309
12:0015783160255023499838184083
13:0018067184485451583442404893
14:0020720212366420648550685850
15:0022839238857258731456866596
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

[EMPR]mcdumper4593

34.9 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
868 metal received · 24742 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:41Middle 50%: 1:32–1:52 · n=164
Shipyard4:15Middle 50%: 3:57–4:38 · n=146
Corsair5:57Middle 50%: 5:27–7:27 · n=137
Advanced Metal Extractor9:47Middle 50%: 9:08–10:39 · n=147

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