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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 · 8 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:55 · 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 · 56 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:51 · typical 3:31
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Con turret
    29. Converter ×2
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Converter ×3
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Converter ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:49 · typical 5:41
    35. Converter
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Converter
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:19 · typical 7:19
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Suicide frontdone 7:57
    46. Wind ×4
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Wind ×5
    49. Con turret ×2
    50. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 8:24 · typical 4:27
    55. Wind ×2
    56. SeekerSeekerdone 8:27
  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 · 163 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×3
    2. Wind
    3. SeekerSeeker
    4. Con turret
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker ×2
    8. Wind
    9. SeekerSeeker
    10. Wind
    11. SeekerSeeker ×2
    12. Wind
    13. SeekerSeeker
    14. Wind
    15. SeekerSeeker
    16. Wind
    17. SeekerSeeker ×3
    18. Wind
    19. SeekerSeeker
    20. Wind
    21. SeekerSeeker ×2
    22. Wind
    23. SeekerSeeker ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    26. Wind
    27. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    28. Wind
    29. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    30. Wind
    31. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    32. Wind
    33. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:41
    34. Wind
    35. StormbringerBomber
    36. Wind
    37. StormbringerBomber
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. StormbringerBomber
    41. Wind ×2
    42. StormbringerBomber
    43. Wind ×2
    44. StormbringerBomber ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. Wind
    48. StormbringerBomber ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. StormbringerBomber
    51. Wind
    52. StormbringerBomber
    53. Wind
    54. StormbringerBomber
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×3
    57. StormbringerBomber
    58. Wind
    59. StormbringerBomber
    60. Wind ×2
    61. StormbringerBomber
    62. Wind
    63. StormbringerBomber
    64. Wind
    65. StormbringerBomber
    66. Wind ×2
    67. StormbringerBomber
    68. Wind ×3
    69. StormbringerBomber
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×3
    72. StormbringerBomber
    73. Wind ×2
    74. StormbringerBomber
    75. Wind ×3
    76. StormbringerBomber
    77. Wind ×2
    78. StormbringerBomber
    79. Wind ×3
    80. StormbringerBomber
    81. Wind ×2
    82. FalconFighter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind
    90. FalconFighter ×2
    91. Wind
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter
    97. BansheeBanshee
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BansheeBanshee
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×2
    102. BansheeBanshee
    103. Wind
    104. BansheeBanshee
    105. Wind
    106. BansheeBanshee ×2
    107. Wind
    108. BansheeBanshee
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. BansheeBanshee
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. FalconFighter ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. FalconFighter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. FalconFighterfor Air
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. FalconFighterfor Air
    128. Wind
    129. FalconFighter ×2
    130. Wind ×2
    131. FalconFighter
    132. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. FalconFighterfor Air
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. FalconFighterfor Air
    139. Wind
    140. FalconFighterfor Air
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. FalconFighterfor Air
    145. Wind
    146. FalconFighterfor Air
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. FalconFighterfor Air
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. FalconFighterfor Air
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. FalconFighter
    157. OspreyHeavy transport
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. OspreyHeavy transport
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:22 · typical 9:00
  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 · 38 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind
    4. BullBulldone 13:37
    5. Wind
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. BullBull
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. BullBull
    15. Wind
    16. StarlightStarlightdone 14:10 · typical 9:33
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. StarlightStarlight
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×6
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. StarlightStarlight
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. StarlightStarlight
    35. Wind
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (42 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

42.1 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
521 metal received · 179915 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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