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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 ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:21 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor unknown
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. LazarusLazarusfor unknown
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Energy storage
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:38 · typical 3:34
    10. Con turret ×3
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Con turret ×3
    13. Energy storage
  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. Converter ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:44 · typical 5:30
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:08 · typical 7:08
    9. Converter
    10. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Frontdone 8:13
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:30 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    6. Con turret
    7. PlatypusPlatypusdone 7:54
  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 · 22 steps
    1. Converter
    2. PlatypusPlatypus
    3. Converter
    4. PlatypusPlatypus ×16
    5. Converter
    6. PlatypusPlatypus
    7. Converter
    8. PlatypusPlatypus
    9. Converter
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Converter
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Converter
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    18. Converter
    19. ButlerButler
    20. TracerTracer
    21. Converter
    22. ButlerButler

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); 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
4:00251326710000
5:00367936940000
6:005872563800210
7:008136802300210
8:001097011345520210
9:00142811440785432184
10:001762817278210479105200
11:0020662201204041748235520
12:002518122992144936217801607
13:0028646257343293591029902971
14:0031097285835921824839004426
15:00327483135467841020561645580
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

DRM

42.4 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
5975 metal received · 88186 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