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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 · 159 distinct matches · 49 players · 12% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 57% of 159 · 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 159 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 ~1:43, middle half 1:33–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (45%) · 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 ×8
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:56 · typical 1:43
  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 3:58–4:39
    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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Wind
    4. SeekerSeeker ×4
    5. Mex
    6. SeekerSeeker ×6
    7. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:56 · 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 (36%) · 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. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:27 · typical 5:56
    4. Mex ×2
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SentrySentry
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Con turret
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Tidal
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Mex
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. HarpoonHarpoon
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. Energy storage
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Wind
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05 · typical 9:43
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Converter
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Wind
    53. Naval Energy Converter
    54. Converter
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. Wind ×2
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. Wind
    64. DolphinDolphin ×2
    65. Wind
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin ×2
    71. Wind
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. CorsairDestroyer
    74. Wind
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:27
    80. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:55
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Con turret
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Wind
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. Wind
    94. Construction ShipCon ship
    95. Con turret
    96. VoyagerVoyager ×3
    97. T2 converter
    98. Naval Construction Turret
    99. HavenHaven
    100. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    101. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Tregan's (39 OS, 07/10/2026); 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 2:02 · in 59% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:02 · in 87% 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

159 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
3:00155215800000
4:002449252051515151
5:0037823703372240255150
6:0051545100743563577353
7:006496658611851096860686
8:00798181511658166212501136
9:00946397702333243117181809
10:0011371116213240333521362565
11:0013570136834115426628593340
12:0015932160445087507937964130
13:0018206184765585586142014941
14:0020979212526625654250615913
15:0022948239117513739955696700
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

Tregan

39.0 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
179 metal received · 14963 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:43Middle 50%: 1:33–1:52 · n=157
Shipyard4:16Middle 50%: 3:58–4:39 · n=140
Corsair5:56Middle 50%: 5:27–7:26 · n=131
Advanced Metal Extractor9:43Middle 50%: 9:07–10:39 · n=140

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