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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 · 8 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Front
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 4:14 · typical 3:50
    7. Wind ×2
    8. SeekerSeekerdone 4:22
  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 · 43 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×7
    2. Wind
    3. SeekerSeeker ×12
    4. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Wind ×13
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:07 · typical 9:20
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. FerretFerret
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:06 · 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 · 121 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 12:59
    41. Wind ×6
    42. Converter ×2
    43. Wind ×2
    44. TsunamiTsunami
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Converter
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TsunamiTsunami
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. TsunamiTsunami
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. TsunamiTsunami
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TsunamiTsunami
    73. Wind
    74. Converter ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TsunamiTsunami
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. TsunamiTsunami
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. TsunamiTsunami
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. CycloneCyclone
    94. Wind ×2
    95. CycloneCyclone
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. CycloneCyclone
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. CycloneCyclone
    103. Wind ×2
    104. CycloneCyclone
    105. Converter
    106. CycloneCyclone
    107. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:46
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. CycloneCyclone
    111. Wind
    112. CycloneCyclone
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Con turret
    117. CycloneCyclone
    118. Wind ×2
    119. CycloneCyclone
    120. FalconFighter
    121. CycloneCyclone

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (42 OS, 25/08/2026); 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

Rysica

42.1 OS · 25/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1003 metal received · 130173 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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