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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
  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 · 8 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 2:07 · typical 4:27
    4. Wind
    5. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker ×2for Ponddone 2:34
    8. SeekerSeekerdone 2:44
  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 · 91 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker
    2. Mex
    3. SeekerSeeker ×5
    4. Con turret
    5. SeekerSeekerfor Pond
    6. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraftfor Pond
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:32 · typical 3:31
    8. Converter
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2not finished by 15:00 · typical 5:41
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    12. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2not finished by 15:00
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind ×2
    17. BlitzBlitz ×4
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Con turret
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz ×3
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×3
    34. Converter
    35. BlitzBlitz ×3
    36. Converter
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Mex
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Converter
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Con turret
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. Con turret
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Converter
    56. Con turret
    57. SentrySentry
    58. StoutStout ×2for Front
    59. Converter
    60. StoutStout ×2for Front
    61. Converter
    62. StoutStout ×4for Front
    63. Wind
    64. StoutStoutfor Front
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. StoutStoutfor Front
    68. Wind ×3
    69. StoutStoutfor Front
    70. NettleNettle
    71. Wind
    72. StoutStoutfor Front
    73. Wind
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. StoutStoutfor Front
    76. Wind
    77. StoutStout ×2for Front
    78. Wind
    79. StoutStoutfor Front
    80. Wind
    81. StoutStout
    82. Wind ×2
    83. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:11
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:05 · 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 · 43 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Wind
    4. EelSubmarinedone 12:01
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    7. NettleNettle
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. ConsulConsul
    10. NettleNettle
    11. GremlinStealth tank ×2
    12. NettleNettle
    13. GremlinStealth tank
    14. PrudePrudedone 13:30
    15. GremlinStealth tankfor Pond
    16. NettleNettle
    17. PlatypusPlatypus
    18. NettleNettle
    19. GremlinStealth tank
    20. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    21. PlatypusPlatypus
    22. JaguarJaguar
    23. PlatypusPlatypus
    24. Con turret
    25. JaguarJaguar
    26. Metal storage
    27. NettleNettle
    28. PlatypusPlatypus
    29. JaguarJaguar
    30. PlatypusPlatypus
    31. NettleNettle
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. TracerTracer
    34. Converter
    35. PlatypusPlatypus
    36. Wind
    37. PlatypusPlatypus
    38. Wind
    39. PlatypusPlatypus
    40. Wind ×2
    41. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    42. Wind
    43. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is armjanus's (43 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

armjanus

43.3 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1487 metal received · 18800 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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