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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Energy storage
  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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:39 · typical 4:27
    3. Wind
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    5. Wind
    6. SeekerSeekerdone 2:07
  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 · 19 steps
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:01 · typical 3:31
    2. SeekerSeeker
    3. Mex
    4. SeekerSeeker
    5. Mex
    6. SeekerSeeker
    7. Converter ×2
    8. SeekerSeeker
    9. Converter
    10. SeekerSeeker
    11. Converter
    12. SeekerSeeker
    13. Converter
    14. SeekerSeeker ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. SeekerSeeker ×4
    17. SweeperSweeper
    18. Con turret
    19. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · 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 20) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Metal storage
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:15 · typical 5:41
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Energy storage
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:22 · typical 7:19
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Con turret
    15. T2 converter
    16. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:00
    17. ProphetRadar vehicle
    18. MauserMauser
    19. T2 converter
    20. StarlightStarlightdone 9:42 · typical 9:33
    21. Wind ×3
    22. UmbraJammer
    23. Wind
    24. ProphetRadar vehicle
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. StarlightStarlight
    27. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 12:49
    28. MauserMauser ×2
    29. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle ×2for Front
    30. MauserMauser ×5
    31. BullBulldone 12:15
    32. SentrySentry
    33. BullBull ×4
    34. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactor
    35. BullBull ×3
    36. T2 converter
    37. BullBull

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Glorp_TTV's (52 OS, 19/08/2026); 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
2:008258220000
3:00150515230000
4:00276726940000
5:00380437270000
6:0058625728360530
7:008159814528001380
8:001126311484421038321
9:00142081450274551818130
10:0017472174121191585818305
11:002061220384184820381118785
12:0023572233143943398915201927
13:0026793260796484615741453347
14:0028879290037020844154354805
15:00333423154493561032462096260
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

[Grump]Glorp_TTV

52.3 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1206 metal received · 101397 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

Played most by

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