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Hovercraft raid

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds a Hovercraft Platform within the first 70 seconds and sends Seekers raiding by 2:15, well ahead of the rest of the role, before still putting up a shipyard and destroyer to transition into the normal naval game.

Hovers first

#amphibious #raid #rush · 93 distinct matches · 33 players · 13% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 93 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%15% of all Beach sea games by then
  • SeekerSeeker in 99%15% of all Beach sea games by then

Then transitions into destroyer (30% of army), seeker (18% of army), frigate (11% 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 93 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 1:35–1:52

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · wind for allies (38%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:29 · 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 3:55 in all: 6 mex · 10 wind (standard 2) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Wind
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. SeekerSeeker
    8. Mex
    9. SeekerSeeker
    10. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    11. Mex
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:30 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    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 (49%) · tidal (45%) · Naval Construction Turret (38%) · frigate (37%) · Nettle (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 23 wind (standard 16) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 103 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:46 · typical 5:50
    4. HarpoonHarpoon
    5. Tidal
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Mex
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Mex
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Naval Construction Turret
    23. Wind
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Naval Construction Turret
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08 · typical 9:25
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Naval Construction Turret
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Con turret
    38. Mex
    39. HarpoonHarpoon
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. ShipyardShipyarddone 10:12
    42. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Wind
    45. EelSubmarinenot finished by 15:00
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×3
    49. HarpoonHarpoon
    50. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:50
    51. Wind
    52. EelSubmarine
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Tidal
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. Wind
    58. Tidal
    59. HarpoonHarpoon
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Tidal
    62. Wind
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Tidal
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Tidal
    68. AnemoneAnemone
    69. Wind
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Naval Construction Turret
    73. Wind
    74. SkaterSkater
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. Wind ×2
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Wind
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. EllysawFrigate
    81. Wind
    82. EllysawFrigate
    83. Wind
    84. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    85. EllysawFrigate
    86. Wind
    87. Construction ShipCon ship
    88. Wind
    89. EllysawFrigate
    90. AnemoneAnemone
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:22
    93. EllysawFrigate
    94. Wind ×5
    95. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    96. EllysawFrigate
    97. Wind ×2
    98. VoyagerVoyager
    99. Wind
    100. EllysawFrigate
    101. VoyagerVoyager
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ev1lPotat0's (40 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Geo or Geo seafirst at 1:49 · in 51% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · in 59% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 1:53 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:11 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:56 · in 82% 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

93 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
1:004034040000
2:009389380000
3:00153315870000
4:002394254751515151
5:0037553734411254255125
6:0051275157851568561301
7:006495671312371142816606
8:00805383101706167911261044
9:009702100112290250216851675
10:0011529119033417360720432426
11:0013881142204130455925353258
12:0016407169225076542331904026
13:0018560196955327646938324893
14:0021263224036625727547475822
15:0023844253867059836854006734
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

Ev1lPotat0

40.4 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
4 metal received · 11394 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:41Middle 50%: 1:35–1:52 · n=93
Shipyard4:15Middle 50%: 3:59–4:36 · n=79
Corsair5:50Middle 50%: 5:15–7:15 · n=73
Advanced Metal Extractor9:25Middle 50%: 8:56–10:29 · n=78

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