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Platypus raid

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo rushes an Advanced Bot Lab and raids with T2 Platypus amphibious bots from 8:19, reaching the enemy base in over half its games instead of the usual Starlight-led push.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#t2 #raid #amphibious · 12 distinct matches · 6 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 75% of 12 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • PlatypusT2 bot raid from 8:19 · 2% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Bot Lab. Only 2% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:15
  • Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab in 100%7% of all Geo games by then
  • PlatypusPlatypus in 75%3% of all Geo games by then
  • TickTick in 50%21% of all Geo games by then
  • SharpshooterSniper bot in 42%4% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 11 games with kill data: in the middle 73%, on their own side 27%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,665 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into sniper bot (12% of army), Welder (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Bot Lab by 7:30

  1. Open standard mex, wind and geo for eco as usual.
  2. Get Geothermal Powerplant up on schedule for energy.
  3. Upgrade to Advanced Geothermal Powerplant before touching T2 lab.
  4. Rush Advanced Bot Lab instead of the usual T2 vehicle plant.
  5. Switch output to Platypus amphibious raiders, add Welder and sniper bot support.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 12 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:20 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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:19, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 1:02 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · typical 1:19
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter6Converter−2 vs standard
    • Energy Storage2Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 4 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: tick (50%) · Radar Tower (42%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind (standard 7) · 1 geo · 6 converter (standard 8) · 2 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2for Tech
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2for Tech
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Con turret
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Tech
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:35 · typical 3:34
    11. Converter ×6
    12. Con turret ×3
    13. Energy storage ×2
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Con turret ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 4 mex, 11 converter, 6 con turretin 67% of games
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 11 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:40, middle half 7:10–8:05

    By 6:59 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind (standard 10) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:34 · typical 5:29
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    3. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:40 · typical 7:08
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:17 · typical 7:40
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to T2 bot raid

    Economy
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Order
    1. PlatypusT2 bot raid after 5 wind, 12 converter, 6 con turret
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: wind (33%) · con turret (33%)

    By 8:11 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    2. Converter
    3. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    4. Converter
    5. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    6. Converter
    7. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    8. WelderWelderfor Tech
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. WelderWelderfor Tech
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. WelderWelderfor Tech
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. SharpshooterSniper botfor Techdone 8:16
    19. Wind
    20. Converterfor Tech
    21. Wind ×2
    22. WelderWelder
    23. PlatypusPlatypusdone 8:23
  5. 5

    T2 bot raid to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−4 vs standard
    Army
    • Platypus12 Platypus +12 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (50%) · Butler (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 Starlight

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind (standard 21) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 14 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. Windfor Tech
    2. PlatypusPlatypus
    3. Converterfor Tech
    4. PlatypusPlatypus
    5. Windfor Tech
    6. PlatypusPlatypus
    7. Windfor Tech
    8. PlatypusPlatypus
    9. Windfor Tech
    10. WelderWelderfor Tech
    11. Converterfor Tech
    12. WelderWelderfor Tech
    13. Windfor Tech
    14. WelderWelderfor Tech
    15. Windfor Tech
    16. SharpshooterSniper botfor Tech
    17. Windfor Tech
    18. Converterfor Tech
    19. Windfor Tech
    20. WelderWelderfor Tech
    21. Windfor Tech
    22. WelderWelder ×2for Tech
    23. Windfor Tech
    24. Converterfor Tech
    25. SharpshooterSniper botfor Tech
    26. Windfor Tech
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Windfor Tech
    29. PlatypusPlatypus
    30. Windfor Tech
    31. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 10:08
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Converterfor Tech
    34. Windfor Tech
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2for Tech
    37. Converterfor Tech
    38. Windfor Tech
    39. PlatypusPlatypus
    40. Windfor Tech
    41. SentrySentry
    42. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    43. Windfor Tech
    44. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    45. Converterfor Tech
    46. Windfor Tech
    47. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    48. Windfor Tech
    49. PlatypusPlatypus
    50. Windfor Tech
    51. Converterfor Tech
    52. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    53. Windfor Tech
    54. PlatypusPlatypus
    55. Windfor Tech
    56. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    57. Windfor Tech
    58. Converterfor Tech
    59. PlatypusPlatypus
    60. Windfor Tech
    61. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    62. Windfor Tech
    63. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    64. Windfor Tech
    65. Con turret
    66. PlatypusPlatypusfor Tech
    67. Converterfor Tech
    68. Windfor Tech
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    70. Wind ×2for Tech
    71. Con turret
    72. Converterfor Tech
    73. Windfor Tech
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converterfor Tech
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Converterfor Tech
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:28
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Converterfor Tech
    92. WhirlwindWhirlwindfor Tech
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×4for Tech
    96. Windfor Tech
    97. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2for Tech
    98. Converterfor Tech
    99. WhirlwindWhirlwindfor Tech
    100. Windfor Tech
    101. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    102. Windfor Tech
    103. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    104. ArbalestArbalest
    105. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    106. Windfor Tech
    107. ArbalestArbalest
    108. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    109. Converterfor Tech
    110. Wind ×3for Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (41 OS, 14/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Techfirst at 2:30 · in 83% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:47 · in 83% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot2 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 7:48 · in 83% of games
  • Rattlesnake1–2 Rattlesnake to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 8:54 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex to Tech or Front or Suicide frontfirst at 11:21 · in 33% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:05 · in 75% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:41 · in 83% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

12 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003763330000
2:009038210000
3:00150915320000
4:00257826930000
5:003670371600110
6:005877565300110
7:008704809000110
8:0011797115052601142
9:001520514536785811130
10:001842217433292536170260
11:0021609203825721958518668
12:0025694232462046392014551813
13:0029055260414066609232753210
14:0031597289746181850746084594
15:00329183169270521057462275977
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won far more often than the standard build with lower own losses, though it destroyed less enemy metal than the typical Geo push.

  • + Own metal lost only 42 by 10:00 vs 334 for standard build.
  • + Metal production ahead at every checkpoint, 32380 vs 31426 by 15:00.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 fell to 6784 vs 9875 standard.
  • − Skips Geo's usual long-range T2 push that front expects.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Syphos

41.2 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
394 metal received · 92564 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:19Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=12
Geothermal Powerplant3:34Middle 50%: 3:28–3:43 · n=12
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:15–5:35 · n=12
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:53–7:30 · n=10
Advanced Bot Lab7:40Middle 50%: 7:10–8:05 · n=12

Played most by

DRM6games of this buildSyphos2games of this build0neTw01game of this buildEv1lPotat01game of this buildHannodins1game of this build