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Seeker hover raid

Armada Pond build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pond opens a Hovercraft Platform instead of Bot Lab, pushing Seeker hovercraft out from 4:05 to raid deep into the enemy base.

Usually pumps units (64%)

#raid #rush #amphibious · 33 distinct matches · 19 players · 2% of Armada Pond games · team won 58% of 33 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SeekerHover raid from 4:05 · 2% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 2% of Pond games have it by then; others who build it get it around 4:24
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 97%2% of all Pond games by then
  • SeekerSeeker in 58%1% of all Pond games by then

Where those units first fight, in 33 games with kill data: in the middle 73%, in the enemy base 15%, on their own side 12%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,748 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 3:18

  1. Open tidal-heavy eco instead of the usual lab-first economy.
  2. Rush the Hovercraft Platform straight off early tidals.
  3. Push Seeker hovercraft out to raid toward the enemy base.
  4. Reclaim the Hovercraft Platform once the raid runs its course.
  5. Pivot into Bot Lab and normal T2 constructor transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 33 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD POND
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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 Hover raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Tidal Generator8Tidalfor allies
    • Wind Turbine7Wind
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. SeekerHover raid after 4 mex, 7 wind, 1 energy storage

    Some games also: con hovercraft (48%)

    By 4:05 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Tidal ×10for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 3:49 · typical 3:53
    6. SeekerSeekerdone 3:56
  2. 2

    Hover raid to Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine9Wind−12 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platform in 73% of games
    2. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 19 wind, 1 tidaldone ~8:04, middle half 6:25–11:06
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Seeker17 Seeker +17 vs standard

    Some games also: con hovercraft (42%) · converter (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 converter

    By 8:14 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind (standard 26) · 1 tidal · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×14
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    3. Tidal
    4. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:27 · typical 8:04
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (45%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 10 wind

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 24 wind (standard 38) · 1 tidal · 1 converter (standard 9) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret (standard 3)

    The example game in this phase · 200 steps
    1. Tidal ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    4. Tidal
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret
    7. Tidal ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:52 · typical 9:19
    10. Tidal
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Converter
    13. Tidal
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. Tidal
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind ×4
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Converter
    27. Tidal
    28. Converter
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×4
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. Tidal
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Tidal
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Tidal
    49. Mexfor Geo sea
    50. Converter
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Converter
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. Tidal
    56. Wind
    57. Mexfor Geo sea
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Tidal
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. PawnPawn
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Tidal
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret
    83. Tidal
    84. SentrySentry
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×3
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. Tidal
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. Wind
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. Con turret
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. Wind
    102. Tidal
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. Wind
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:00
    110. Wind
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Wind
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. TickTick
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    122. Tidal
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Energy storage
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. Wind
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. Wind
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. TickTick
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. Tidal
    140. Energy storage
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    144. Wind
    145. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    146. TickTick
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. Wind
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    150. Converter
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. TickTick
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. Converter
    155. Tidal
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    157. TickTick
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    159. Wind
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. Wind
    162. ChainsawChainsaw
    163. TickTick
    164. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    165. Wind ×2
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Tidal
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Metal storage
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. Converter ×2
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind
    183. Tidal
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind ×3
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. Wind ×3
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind ×2
    191. Tidal
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Converter
    195. Wind
    196. Construction BotCon bot
    197. Converter
    198. Wind
    199. Construction BotCon bot
    200. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _[BOBO]_'s (34 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:12 · in 70% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:32 · in 82% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard pond

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

33 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard pondEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard pondOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard pond
1:001151150000
2:003022680000
3:008807990000
4:00155214730000
5:00223121850000
6:00294329951300850
7:0038023910670213400
8:00490449481144170680117
9:005699622317763791105316
10:006814770520826111420552
11:008375964526228421800855
12:0010031120522654116922101289
13:0011630145382791155324651876
14:0013813174272807213430102535
15:0015975201884091259931453249
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won the same share as the standard build, but this raid lost far more metal than it destroyed by 10:00.

  • + Destroys more enemy metal than standard by 10:00 (2166 vs 670)
  • + Hovercraft Platform live by 3:18 vs almost no one in role
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 is 2348 vs 431 for standard
  • − Metal produced falls well behind standard by 15:00 (14103 vs 20997)
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_[BOBO]_

33.9 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
620 metal received · 21017 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform3:53Middle 50%: 3:40–4:10 · n=32
Bot Lab8:04Middle 50%: 6:25–11:06 · n=17
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:28–11:15 · n=27

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