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Hovercraft raid

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Player rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 1:10 and pushes out Seeker hovercraft as an early raid by 2:13, well before the shipyard which is delayed to around 4:16, using the raid to harass while sea presence catches up later.

Hovers first

#raid #amphibious #rush · 81 distinct matches · 30 players · 12% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 81 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%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 (18% of army), dolphin (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 81 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 1:37–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · wind for allies (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:37 · 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 3:54 in all: 6 mex · 10 wind (standard 2) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Wind ×6
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    5. Wind
    6. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    7. SeekerSeeker ×5
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Mex
    10. SeekerSeeker
    11. Mex
    12. SeekerSeeker ×4
    13. Mex
    14. SeekerSeeker
    15. Mex
    16. SeekerSeeker ×4
    17. Mex
    18. Con turret
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. ShipyardShipyarddone 5:20 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    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 (46%) · tidal (43%) · converter (36%) · Nettle (36%) · Naval Construction Turret (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 24 wind (standard 16) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pitacupateu's (36 OS, 28/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Geo seafirst at 1:48 · in 48% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:49 · in 58% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:00 · in 53% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:08 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:56 · 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

81 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
3:00154815860000
4:002380254751515147
5:0037553734416255255125
6:0050935155903571570300
7:006494671612841143850591
8:00804883121776167911541039
9:009624100182333251716971678
10:0011430118773417360821362426
11:0013881141884130458225453270
12:0016407169374877547131904014
13:0018560197335298646938324888
14:0021194223886454729449135782
15:0023832253196898836854006716
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

Pitacupateu

36.5 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1229 metal received · 21381 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:41Middle 50%: 1:37–1:52 · n=81
Shipyard4:15Middle 50%: 3:59–4:36 · n=69
Corsair5:54Middle 50%: 5:26–7:15 · n=65
Advanced Metal Extractor9:23Middle 50%: 8:55–10:23 · n=68

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