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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 1:44 · 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 · 49 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:43 · typical 3:31
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:24 · typical 5:41
    29. Converter
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Converter
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Converter
    39. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:03 · typical 7:19
    40. Converter ×2
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Con turret
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Converter ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 7:21 · typical 4:27
    48. Converter
    49. 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 · 96 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×7
    2. Con turret
    3. SeekerSeeker ×2
    4. Wind
    5. SeekerSeeker ×2
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker ×3
    8. Wind
    9. SeekerSeeker ×3
    10. Wind
    11. SeekerSeeker ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. SeekerSeeker
    15. Wind
    16. SeekerSeeker ×2
    17. Wind
    18. SeekerSeeker ×2
    19. Wind
    20. SeekerSeeker ×2
    21. Wind
    22. SeekerSeeker ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    28. Wind
    29. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    30. Wind
    31. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    32. Wind
    33. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:55
    34. Wind
    35. StormbringerBomber
    36. Wind
    37. StormbringerBomber
    38. Wind ×2
    39. StormbringerBomber
    40. Wind
    41. StormbringerBomber
    42. Wind ×2
    43. StormbringerBomber
    44. Wind ×2
    45. StormbringerBomber ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. StormbringerBomber
    49. Wind ×2
    50. StormbringerBomber
    51. Wind ×2
    52. StormbringerBomber
    53. Wind
    54. StormbringerBomber
    55. Wind ×2
    56. StormbringerBomber
    57. Wind ×2
    58. StormbringerBomber
    59. Wind ×2
    60. StormbringerBomber
    61. Wind ×2
    62. StormbringerBomber
    63. Wind ×2
    64. StormbringerBomber
    65. Wind ×2
    66. StormbringerBomber
    67. Wind
    68. StormbringerBomber
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. Wind
    73. StormbringerBomber
    74. Wind
    75. StormbringerBomber
    76. Wind
    77. StormbringerBomber
    78. Wind
    79. StormbringerBomber
    80. Wind ×2
    81. StormbringerBomber
    82. Wind ×2
    83. StormbringerBomber
    84. Converter
    85. BansheeBanshee
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. FalconFighter ×2
    91. Wind ×3
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:20 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×6
    2. StarlightStarlightdone 11:46 · typical 9:33
    3. Wind ×8
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. StarlightStarlight
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

40.0 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
662 metal received · 122565 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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