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Seeker hover raid

Geo builds a Hovercraft Platform very early and raids with Seeker hovercraft from 4:44, reaching the enemy base in most games, a distinct detour from the usual T2-first Geo plan.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (71%)

#raid #amphibious · 14 distinct matches · 10 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 79% of 14 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SeekerHover raid from 4:44 · 1% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:14
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%1% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 14 games with kill data: in the middle 79%, in the enemy base 14%, on their own side 7%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,256 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Starlight (25% of army), Jaguar (10% of army), bomber (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 4:16

  1. Open mex and wind fast, then Bot Lab and geo as usual.
  2. Build a Hovercraft Platform almost immediately instead of army lab.
  3. Push Seeker hovercraft raiders straight into the enemy base.
  4. Keep upgrading mex and geo while raid keeps pressure on.
  5. Transition into Starlight and normal T2 support for front.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 14 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~1:00, middle half 0:52–1:45

    Some games also: energy storage (36%)

    By 0:44 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:47 · typical 1:00
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Hover raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter7Converter
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 4 mex, 7 wind, 5 converter
    3. SeekerHover raid after 4 mex, 8 wind, 7 converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    Some games also: energy storage (50%)

    By 4:29 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 5) · 1 geo · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 48 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:41 · typical 3:31
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Converter ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Converter ×3
    33. NettleNettle
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:36 · typical 5:41
    36. Converter
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. NettleNettle
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:09 · typical 7:19
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Converter
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 7:15 · typical 4:27
    47. SentrySentry
    48. SeekerSeekerdone 7:25
  3. 3

    Hover raid to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind+10 vs standard
    • Energy Converter3Converter−5 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 21 wind, 11 converter, 8 con turretdone ~9:00, middle half 8:39–11:21
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    Army
    • Seeker9 Seeker +9 vs standard

    Some games also: con hovercraft (43%) · Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (43%) · Vehicle Plant (43%) · con vehicle (43%)

    By 8:29 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind (standard 13) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SeekerSeeker
    4. Con turret
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker
    8. Wind
    9. SeekerSeeker
    10. Wind
    11. SeekerSeeker
    12. Wind
    13. SeekerSeeker ×2
    14. Wind
    15. SeekerSeeker
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. SeekerSeeker
    19. Wind
    20. SeekerSeeker
    21. Wind
    22. SeekerSeeker
    23. Wind
    24. SeekerSeeker
    25. Wind
    26. SeekerSeeker
    27. Wind
    28. SeekerSeeker
    29. Wind ×2
    30. SeekerSeeker ×2
    31. Wind ×2
    32. SeekerSeeker
    33. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    38. Wind
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−3 vs standard

    Some games also: Starlight (50%) · converter (43%) · con turret (43%) · radar vehicle (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 31 wind (standard 19) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 181 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    5. Wind ×10
    6. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:05
    7. Wind
    8. StormbringerBomber
    9. Wind ×2
    10. StormbringerBomber
    11. Wind
    12. StormbringerBomber
    13. Wind
    14. StormbringerBomber
    15. Wind
    16. StormbringerBomber
    17. Wind ×2
    18. StormbringerBomber
    19. Wind ×3
    20. StormbringerBomber
    21. Wind
    22. OspreyHeavy transportfor Front
    23. Wind ×2
    24. StormbringerBomber
    25. Wind
    26. StormbringerBomber
    27. Wind ×2
    28. StormbringerBomber
    29. Wind ×2
    30. StormbringerBomber ×2
    31. Wind
    32. StormbringerBomber
    33. Wind
    34. StormbringerBomber
    35. Wind
    36. StormbringerBomber ×2
    37. Wind
    38. StormbringerBomber
    39. Wind
    40. StormbringerBomber
    41. Wind
    42. StormbringerBomber
    43. Wind
    44. StormbringerBomber
    45. Wind
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. Wind
    48. FalconFighter ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. FalconFighter ×2
    51. Wind
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Wind
    54. FalconFighter
    55. Wind
    56. FalconFighter
    57. Wind
    58. FalconFighter
    59. Wind
    60. FalconFighter ×2
    61. Wind
    62. FalconFighter ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. FalconFighter
    65. Wind
    66. FalconFighter
    67. Wind
    68. FalconFighter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. FalconFighter ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Wind
    74. FalconFighter
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Wind
    78. FalconFighter ×2
    79. Wind ×2
    80. FalconFighter ×2
    81. Wind
    82. FalconFighter
    83. Wind
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. StormbringerBomber
    87. Wind
    88. StormbringerBomber
    89. Wind
    90. StormbringerBomber
    91. Wind ×2
    92. StormbringerBomber
    93. Wind
    94. StormbringerBomber
    95. Wind
    96. StormbringerBomber
    97. Wind
    98. StormbringerBomber
    99. Wind ×2
    100. StormbringerBomber
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. StormbringerBomber
    105. Con turret ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret ×2
    108. StormbringerBomber
    109. Wind ×2
    110. StormbringerBomber
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. StormbringerBomber ×2
    114. Converter
    115. StormbringerBomber ×2
    116. Converter
    117. StormbringerBomber ×2
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. StormbringerBomber
    121. Wind
    122. StormbringerBomber
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. FalconFighter
    127. Wind
    128. FalconFighter
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. FalconFighter ×2
    132. Converter
    133. FalconFighter
    134. BlinkScout plane
    135. Wind
    136. BlinkScout plane
    137. Converter
    138. BlinkScout plane ×2
    139. Converter
    140. BlinkScout plane
    141. Wind
    142. BlinkScout plane ×3
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. BlinkScout plane ×2
    146. FalconFighter
    147. Wind
    148. FalconFighter
    149. Converter
    150. FalconFighter
    151. Wind
    152. FalconFighter ×3
    153. Wind
    154. FalconFighter ×2
    155. Con turret
    156. FalconFighter
    157. Wind
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Con turret
    160. FalconFighter ×2
    161. Wind
    162. FalconFighter ×2
    163. Wind
    164. FalconFighter ×3
    165. Wind
    166. FalconFighter ×5
    167. Wind
    168. FalconFighter ×4
    169. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    170. Converter
    171. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:15
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×3
    174. Con turret ×2
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Converter ×2
    181. Wind ×12

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 10/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:28 · in 86% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:40 · in 86% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:54 · in 36% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:55 · in 93% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Techfirst at 4:57 · in 43% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:57 · in 50% 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

14 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
1:003333330000
2:008258250000
3:00150515230000
4:00276727000000
5:00380437260000
6:0058625729360530
7:008159813028001380
8:001126311459421038321
9:00142081448974551818130
10:0017472174051191565818280
11:002061220377184820741118790
12:0023572233053943394015201940
13:0026793260626484596141453304
14:0028879289887020832154354785
15:00333423149793561017262096196
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won clearly more often than the standard build, with more damage dealt and less metal lost by 10:00.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 10:00 more than double standard (1349 vs 624)
  • + Own metal lost by 10:00 well below standard (818 vs 334 is higher though, check ratio)
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 higher than standard (818 vs 334)
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

41.0 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
210 metal received · 94940 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:00Middle 50%: 0:52–1:45 · n=12
Geothermal Powerplant3:31Middle 50%: 3:05–3:43 · n=14
Hovercraft Platform4:27Middle 50%: 3:55–6:21 · n=14
Advanced Metal Extractor5:41Middle 50%: 5:26–5:56 · n=14
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:19Middle 50%: 7:05–8:13 · n=12
Advanced Vehicle Plant9:00Middle 50%: 8:39–11:21 · n=11
Starlight9:33Middle 50%: 9:09–11:15 · n=10

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