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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:51 · typical 1:44
  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 · 3 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×2
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×3
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:52 · 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 · 128 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    3. Mex
    4. Naval Construction Turret
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mex
    7. Tidal
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Tidal
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Tidal
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind
    17. Tidal
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Mex
    20. Tidal
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:43 · typical 5:55
    22. Tidal
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Mex
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. Mex
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Wind
    36. HarpoonHarpoon
    37. SentrySentry
    38. EelSubmarinedone 6:46
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. EelSubmarine
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind
    45. SkaterSkater ×2
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Wind
    48. HarpoonHarpoon
    49. DolphinDolphin ×2
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Wind
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Wind ×2
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:48 · typical 9:43
    57. HarpoonHarpoon
    58. Wind
    59. DolphinDolphin ×2
    60. Wind
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    63. Wind
    64. HarpoonHarpoon
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. HarpoonHarpoon
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. DolphinDolphin ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. HarpoonHarpoon
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Wind
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Wind
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. Wind ×10
    87. CorsairDestroyer
    88. Wind ×8
    89. Converter ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Converter ×2
    92. Wind
    93. DolphinDolphin ×2
    94. Wind
    95. DolphinDolphin
    96. Wind ×3
    97. DolphinDolphin
    98. Wind
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Wind ×2
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Wind
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. Wind ×3
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Wind
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Wind ×3
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Wind
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. Wind ×2
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Wind ×3
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. Converter
    117. DolphinDolphin
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. DolphinDolphin
    121. Converter
    122. DolphinDolphin
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. DolphinDolphin
    127. Naval Construction Turret
    128. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XuunnY's (32 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

XuunnY

32.3 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 12021 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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