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Platypus raid

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo builds an Advanced Bot Lab and raids forward with T2 Platypus amphibious bots from about 8:03, reaching the enemy base in most games.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#t2 #raid #amphibious · 15 distinct matches · 7 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 73% of 15 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • PlatypusT2 bot raid from 8:03 · 1% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Bot Lab. Only 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:12
  • Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab in 100%7% of all Geo games by then
  • PlatypusPlatypus in 73%4% of all Geo games by then
  • HerculesLight transport from an ally in 67%22% of all Geo games by then
  • SharpshooterSniper bot in 47%5% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 13 games with kill data: in the middle 69%, on their own side 31%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,800 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into sniper bot (13% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Bot Lab by 7:09

  1. Open standard mex, wind and geo as usual.
  2. Push Advanced Metal Extractor, then Advanced Geothermal by 7:08.
  3. Rush Advanced Bot Lab right after geo tech finishes.
  4. Lead with Platypus bots raiding toward the enemy base.
  5. Add T2 bot snipers (Sharpshooter), then shift to T2 cons for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 15 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:03 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 ~1:21, middle half 1:09–1:21

    By 1:05 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · typical 1:21
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter5Converter−3 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 (40%) · Radar Tower (40%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Energy storage
    7. Mex
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:09 · typical 3:34
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Con turret ×4
    11. Converter ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter ×5
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×4
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 4 mex, 12 converter, 6 con turretin 67% of games
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 12 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:33, middle half 7:03–7:58

    Some games also: Rattlesnake for allies (33%)

    By 6:52 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind (standard 9) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:18 · typical 5:30
    5. Mexfor Beach sea
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    8. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:31 · typical 7:08
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:10 · typical 7:33
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to T2 bot raid

    Economy
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Order
    1. PlatypusT2 bot raid after 4 mex, 12 converter, 6 con turret
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: con turret (33%)

    By 8:03 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. ButlerButler ×5
    2. Wind
    3. ButlerButler ×4
    4. Wind ×6
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    6. Wind ×11
    7. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 9:30
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PlatypusPlatypusdone 9:36
  5. 5

    T2 bot raid to 10:00

    Economy
    • Energy Converter4Converter+2 vs standard
    Army
    • Platypus12 Platypus +12 vs standard

    Some games also: wind (47%) · Butler (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 wind · 2 Starlight

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind (standard 18) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 150 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. PlatypusPlatypus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. PlatypusPlatypus
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. PlatypusPlatypus
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. PlatypusPlatypus
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. PlatypusPlatypus
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. PlatypusPlatypus
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. PlatypusPlatypus
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PlatypusPlatypus
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PlatypusPlatypus
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. PlatypusPlatypus
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. PlatypusPlatypus
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. PlatypusPlatypus
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. PlatypusPlatypus
    48. Wind ×2
    49. PlatypusPlatypus
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. PlatypusPlatypus
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. PlatypusPlatypus
    56. Wind ×3
    57. PlatypusPlatypus
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×4
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. ArbalestArbalest
    69. Wind ×3
    70. SharpshooterSniper botdone 12:02
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. SharpshooterSniper bot
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. ArbalestArbalest
    83. Wind
    84. SharpshooterSniper bot
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×4
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. SharpshooterSniper bot
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×4
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:14
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×4
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×4
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Con turret
    127. Fusion ReactorFusion
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. T2 converter
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. SharpshooterSniper bot
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]Bertus9912's (30 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Techfirst at 2:33 · in 80% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:47 · in 93% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot2 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 7:48 · in 93% of games
  • Rattlesnake1 Rattlesnake to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 8:12 · in 40% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:09 · in 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:41 · 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 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

15 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
1:003753330000
2:009048590000
3:00151315270000
4:00251326700000
5:00367936940000
6:005872563600210
7:008136802500210
8:001097011347520210
9:00142811440685432184
10:001762817275210472105194
11:0020662201234041745235520
12:002518122989144936187801605
13:0028646257333293587229902970
14:0031097285865921824539004420
15:00327483135567841020161645586
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Beat the standard build's team win rate clearly, though it destroyed less enemy metal by 15:00.

  • + Team win rate 75% vs standard's 54%.
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 is 32918 vs 31674 standard.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 is only 7052 vs 10573 for standard.
  • − Reaching Advanced Bot Lab this early is rare, only 7% of role games do it by 7:09.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[NWP]Bertus9912

30.4 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
813 metal received · 95983 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:21Middle 50%: 1:09–1:21 · n=15
Geothermal Powerplant3:34Middle 50%: 3:25–3:42 · n=15
Advanced Metal Extractor5:30Middle 50%: 5:14–5:44 · n=15
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:52–7:31 · n=13
Advanced Bot Lab7:33Middle 50%: 7:03–7:58 · n=15

Played most by

DRM8games of this buildSyphos2games of this build[NWP]Bertus99121game of this build0neTw01game of this buildDanma1game of this build