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Seeker hover raid

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo builds a Hovercraft Platform very early and raids with Seeker hovercraft into the middle and enemy base from about 4:38, well ahead of any standard timing.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (77%)

#raid #amphibious #rush · 22 distinct matches · 14 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 73% of 22 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SeekerHover raid from 4:38 · 1% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 6:22
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%1% of all Geo games by then
  • Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant in 41%19% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 22 games with kill data: in the middle 82%, in the enemy base 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,106 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Starlight (29% of army), Jaguar (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 3:49

  1. Open the usual Geo eco start into Bot Lab and geothermal.
  2. Add a Hovercraft Platform far earlier than the role norm.
  3. Send Seeker hovercraft raiding into the enemy base early.
  4. Reclaim the Hovercraft Platform once the raid is spent.
  5. Build Vehicle Plant and transition into Starlights for front.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 22 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 ~0:59, middle half 0:52–1:20

    By 0:43 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · typical 0:59
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Hover raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter7Converter+2 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 4 mex, 6 wind, 6 converter
    4. SeekerHover raid after 4 mex, 7 wind, 7 converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    By 4:31 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 7 converter (standard 5) · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:01 · typical 3:25
    14. Con turret
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. Converter ×7
    18. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 4:13 · typical 4:27
    19. Converter
    20. SeekerSeekerdone 4:21
  3. 3

    Hover raid to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine7Wind+4 vs standard
    • Energy Converter3Converter−3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platform
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 11 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turretin 55% of games
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 18 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:55, middle half 7:20–8:15
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    Army
    • Seeker9 Seeker +9 vs standard

    Some games also: energy storage (32%)

    By 7:57 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Converter
    2. SeekerSeeker ×2
    3. Converter ×7
    4. Con turret
    5. Converter
    6. SeekerSeeker
    7. Converter
    8. SeekerSeeker
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. SeekerSeeker ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. SeekerSeeker ×2
    14. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    15. Metal storage
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:11 · typical 5:45
    18. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:04 · typical 7:29
    19. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:09 · typical 7:55
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 18 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turretin 59% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant in 50% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: Starlight (45%) · con vehicle (45%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (41%) · converter (36%) · jammer (32%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 27 wind (standard 18) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 18 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 75 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:46
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:13 · typical 8:55
    7. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    8. StarlightStarlightdone 10:35 · typical 9:32
    9. SentrySentry
    10. StarlightStarlight
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Energy storage
    13. StarlightStarlight
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Converter
    16. StarlightStarlight
    17. Converter
    18. SentrySentry
    19. UmbraJammer
    20. Converter
    21. ProphetRadar vehicle
    22. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    23. Converter
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. ProphetRadar vehicle
    26. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    27. Converter
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. Converter
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. ProphetRadar vehicle
    32. Converter
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:40
    35. Converter
    36. GremlinStealth tank
    37. JaguarJaguar
    38. TickTick
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. TickTick
    43. Converter
    44. TickTick
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. TickTick
    47. Converter
    48. TickTick
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. TickTick
    51. Converter
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Converter
    54. JaguarJaguar
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick
    58. StarlightStarlight
    59. TickTick ×4
    60. Converter
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. JaguarJaguar
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. JaguarJaguar
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. StarlightStarlight
    67. TickTick ×6
    68. StarlightStarlight
    69. TickTick ×6
    70. StarlightStarlight
    71. TickTick ×7
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. TickTick
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is maxie12's (30 OS, 13/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:05 · in 86% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:34 · in 86% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 9:12 · in 55% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:43 · in 36% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:53 · in 91% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

22 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
2:007928590000
3:00152415270000
4:00285626700000
5:00409836940000
6:005939563611000
7:00827980251500950
8:00112221134766104700
9:0014406144069724376584
10:0017919172751522472850194
11:002018020123175617451256520
12:0022514229892963361818251605
13:0025719257336043587228402970
14:0028444285867020824552804420
15:00328613135582681020154355586
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won much more often than the standard build, with higher economy and lower losses by 15:00.

  • + Team win rate 82% vs 54% for standard build
  • + Metal produced ahead of standard at every checkpoint to 15:00
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 triples standard (836 vs 260)
  • − Raid itself only destroys a modest 1157 metal by 15:00
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

maxie12

30.4 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
580 metal received · 95125 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:59Middle 50%: 0:52–1:20 · n=20
Geothermal Powerplant3:25Middle 50%: 3:04–3:43 · n=22
Hovercraft Platform4:27Middle 50%: 3:55–4:46 · n=22
Advanced Metal Extractor5:45Middle 50%: 5:29–5:57 · n=21
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:29Middle 50%: 7:05–8:11 · n=17
Vehicle Plant7:55Middle 50%: 7:20–8:15 · n=12
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:55Middle 50%: 8:36–10:04 · n=19
Starlight9:32Middle 50%: 9:16–10:27 · n=16

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