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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. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:03 · typical 3:34
    16. BeholderBeholder
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. BeholderBeholder
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. BeholderBeholder
    23. Converter ×8
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
  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 · 1 step
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 5:25 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:16 · typical 5:30
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:14 · typical 7:08
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. ButlerButler ×2
    9. PlatypusPlatypusdone 8:43
  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 · 119 steps
    1. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    2. ButlerButler ×4
    3. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    4. ButlerButler
    5. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    12. Wind
    13. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    16. Wind
    17. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PlatypusPlatypus
    20. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    21. Wind ×2
    22. PlatypusPlatypus
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    25. PlatypusPlatypus
    26. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PlatypusPlatypus
    29. Wind ×3
    30. PlatypusPlatypus
    31. Wind ×3
    32. PlatypusPlatypus
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PlatypusPlatypus
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. PlatypusPlatypus
    38. Wind ×3
    39. PlatypusPlatypus
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. PlatypusPlatypus
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PlatypusPlatypus
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PlatypusPlatypus
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. PlatypusPlatypus
    55. Wind ×2
    56. FatboyFatboydone 11:46
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. SharpshooterSniper botdone 12:03
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Converter
    74. SharpshooterSniper bot
    75. Mex
    76. Wind ×4
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. SharpshooterSniper bot
    82. Wind
    83. Mex
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×4
    89. Converter
    90. SmugglerJammer bot
    91. Wind ×2
    92. CompassRadar bot
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. FatboyFatboy
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×8
    99. SharpshooterSniper bot
    100. Wind ×7
    101. SharpshooterSniper bot
    102. Wind
    103. FatboyFatboy
    104. SmugglerJammer bot
    105. Wind
    106. CompassRadar bot
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Metal storage
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Energy storage
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Metal storage
    117. Wind ×15
    118. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    119. Wind ×11

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Danma's (30 OS, 12/08/2026); 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
2:009048600000
3:00151315270000
4:00251326710000
5:00367936930000
6:005872563600210
7:008136801900210
8:001097011343520210
9:00142811440685432184
10:001762817270210472105200
11:0020662201104041745235520
12:002518122980144936187801605
13:0028646257303293587429902970
14:0031097285745921825039004419
15:00327483134767841020961645552
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

Danma

30.3 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
682 metal received · 147757 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

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