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Seeker hover raid

Pond rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 3:21 and sends Seeker hovercraft raiding from around 4:04, reaching the enemy base in a large share of its games.

#raid #amphibious · 20 distinct matches · 9 players · 2% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 20 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SeekerHover raid from 4:04 · 2% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 2% of Pond games have it by then; others who build it get it around 4:22
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 95%2% of all Pond games by then
  • SeekerSeeker in 65%2% of all Pond games by then

Where those units first fight, in 20 games with kill data: in the middle 60%, on their own side 20%, in the enemy base 20%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,411 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 3:21

  1. Open tidals and mex, skip lab for now, boost eco hard.
  2. Rush a Hovercraft Platform straight off early mex and tidal.
  3. Send first Seeker hovercraft raiding toward the enemy base.
  4. Add more mex and wind while Seekers keep raiding.
  5. Transition into advanced mex and a bot lab for standard play.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 20 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 Generator6Tidalfor allies−2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 4 mex, 5 wind, 2 tidal
    2. SeekerHover raid after 4 mex, 6 wind, 2 tidal

    Some games also: con hovercraft (40%)

    By 4:02 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Tidal ×6for Suicide front
    2. Tidal
    3. Tidalfor Suicide front
    4. Tidal
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex ×4
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 3:24 · typical 3:50
    9. Wind
    10. SeekerSeekerdone 3:35
  2. 2

    Hover raid to Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 4 mex, 23 wind, 2 tidaldone ~8:09, middle half 5:27–11:05
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Seeker16 Seeker +16 vs standard

    Some games also: con hovercraft (35%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 converter

    By 7:40 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×9
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×5
    3. Wind ×9
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    5. Con turret
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Converter
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:20
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Converter
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Converter
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. Wind ×7
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:34
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Mex
    35. Wind ×6
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:04 · typical 8:09
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to 10:00

    Some games also: wind (45%) · seeker (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 9 wind

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 27 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 108 steps
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:15
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. CenturionCenturion ×2
    8. Wind ×8
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind ×2
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×9
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×7
    26. Wind ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×3
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×3
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind ×2
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:05
    43. PawnPawn
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:19
    48. Wind ×2
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. StoutStout
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Con turret
    59. PawnPawn
    60. StoutStout
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind ×3
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Advanced solar
    68. Wind
    69. StoutStout
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:20
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. StoutStout
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. StoutStout
    82. Wind
    83. Advanced solar
    84. StoutStout
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced solar
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced solar
    89. StoutStout
    90. Energy storage
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Energy storage
    93. Wind
    94. SmugglerJammer bot
    95. Wind
    96. CompassRadar bot
    97. Advanced solar
    98. WelderWelder
    99. Wind
    100. WelderWelder
    101. Wind ×3
    102. WelderWelder
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced solar
    105. WelderWelder
    106. Wind
    107. WelderWelder
    108. Advanced solar ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (49 OS, 26/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:13 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:34 · in 80% 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

010k20k
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

20 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
2:003082730000
3:008768170000
4:00156915100000
5:00226422310000
6:002961298535501070
7:00388238417144806690
8:004707474212571276765148
9:0054185693133320251009379
10:0066736872208728651657720
11:00765283342166331720161188
12:009075102902432368426551616
13:0010415125932432426231481966
14:0012182149142658478032672454
15:0013720174563539532436683030
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team win rate matched the standard build, but this raid destroyed and lost less metal by 15:00 despite pulling ahead in metal produced.

  • + Metal produced by 10:00 was 6694 vs 6855, close despite skipping early lab.
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 was 14035 vs 17389, but raid still landed hits.
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 was 1443 vs 756, almost double the standard.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 was 3927 vs 5316, less damage than normal play.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

UsurpeR

49.0 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
17 metal received · 76641 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform3:50Middle 50%: 3:40–4:02 · n=19
Bot Lab8:09Middle 50%: 5:27–11:05 · n=11
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:23–10:40 · n=14

Played most by

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