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Hovercraft raid

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 · 70 distinct matches · 27 players · 11% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 70 · 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 (30% of army), seeker (21% 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 70 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 Turbine4Wind+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:41, middle half 1:37–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · wind for allies (39%)

    By 1:10 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:48 · 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 ~4:16, middle half 4:00–4:43
    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 · 7 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×5
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×3
    3. SeekerSeeker ×5
    4. Mex
    5. SeekerSeeker ×2
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    7. SeekerSeeker ×3
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin −2 vs standard
    • Corsair3 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (47%) · tidal (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (37%) · converter (36%) · frigate (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 170 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker
    2. Mex
    3. SeekerSeeker ×6
    4. Mex
    5. SeekerSeeker ×2
    6. SweeperSweeper
    7. Mex ×3
    8. SweeperSweeper
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Metal storage
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Energy storage
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:20 · typical 9:28
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. Con turret
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. Metal storage
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    48. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:58
    49. StormbringerBomber
    50. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    53. Con turret
    54. StormbringerBomber ×2for Air
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    58. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    59. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    65. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    66. Wind
    67. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    70. Wind
    71. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    74. Wind
    75. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    76. Wind ×2
    77. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    78. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    79. Wind
    80. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    81. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    82. Con turret
    83. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    86. Wind
    87. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    88. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    89. Wind
    90. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    91. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    94. Wind
    95. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    96. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    97. Wind
    98. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    99. Wind
    100. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    101. Wind
    102. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    103. Wind
    104. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    105. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    106. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. StormbringerBomber
    109. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    110. Wind ×2
    111. StormbringerBomber
    112. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    113. Wind ×2
    114. StormbringerBomber
    115. Con turret
    116. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    117. Con turret ×2
    118. Wind
    119. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    125. Wind
    126. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    127. StormbringerBomber
    128. Wind
    129. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    130. StormbringerBomber
    131. Wind ×2
    132. StormbringerBomber
    133. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    134. Wind ×3
    135. StormbringerBomber
    136. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    137. Wind
    138. BlinkScout planefor Air
    139. Wind
    140. BlinkScout planefor Air
    141. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    142. BlinkScout planefor Air
    143. Wind ×2
    144. BlinkScout planefor Air
    145. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    146. BlinkScout plane
    147. Wind
    148. StormbringerBomber
    149. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    150. Wind
    151. StormbringerBomber
    152. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    153. StormbringerBomber
    154. Wind
    155. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    156. Wind
    157. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    160. Wind
    161. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    164. StormbringerBomber
    165. Wind
    166. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    169. StormbringerBomber
    170. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crouxy's (35 OS, 24/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:44 · in 46% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:46 · in 57% of games
  • Valiant1 Valiant from Airfirst at 1:50 · in 30% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:02 · in 51% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:03 · in 80% 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

70 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
3:00152815810000
4:002347254051515150
5:0036813724444251255125
6:0050625148885564566300
7:006484671912411146851596
8:00799983061869167512541089
9:00947699702428249417151726
10:0011217118023433362021882438
11:0013274141054083457127193269
12:0015620168284667538432783986
13:0018348195795014631238804936
14:0021091222186387706849945841
15:0023236252206667821454246711
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

Crouxy

35.3 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
478 metal received · 68303 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=70
Shipyard4:16Middle 50%: 4:00–4:43 · n=58
Corsair5:58Middle 50%: 5:28–7:17 · n=54
Advanced Metal Extractor9:28Middle 50%: 9:01–10:50 · n=58

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