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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 Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Mex ×4
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 3:56 · typical 3:50
    8. SeekerSeekerdone 4:03
  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 · 25 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×4
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    3. Con turret ×3
    4. Wind ×14
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:17 · typical 9:20
    6. Wind ×13
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter ×3
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind ×9
    25. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:29 · 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 · 286 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind ×2
    33. TickTick ×4
    34. Wind ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. Con turret
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. Metal storage
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind ×2
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:20
    67. TickTick
    68. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:27
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Converter
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. TickTick
    93. BlitzBlitz ×2
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. TickTick
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. TickTick
    119. LazarusLazarus
    120. Converter
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. BlitzBlitz ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Converter
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. TickTick
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. TickTick
    138. Converter
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Energy storage
    150. BlitzBlitz ×2
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2
    155. TickTick ×3
    156. Energy storage
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Wind ×2
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Energy storage
    164. Converter
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind ×2
    167. TickTick
    168. Energy storage
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Energy storage
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. Wind
    176. Converter
    177. TickTick
    178. Energy storage
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick ×7
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick ×3
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. Converter
    189. TickTick ×6
    190. Converter
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:21
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:25
    197. TickTick
    198. FalconFighter
    199. TickTick
    200. Converter
    201. TickTick
    202. FalconFighter
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. FalconFighter ×2
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick
    210. Converter
    211. FalconFighter ×2
    212. TickTick ×2
    213. FalconFighter
    214. TickTick
    215. FalconFighter
    216. TickTick ×2
    217. Wind
    218. FalconFighter
    219. TickTick
    220. FalconFighter
    221. TickTick
    222. Converter
    223. FalconFighter
    224. TickTick
    225. FalconFighter
    226. TickTick
    227. StormbringerBomber ×2
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind
    230. TickTick ×2
    231. StormbringerBomber
    232. TickTick
    233. StormbringerBomber
    234. TickTick
    235. Converter
    236. TickTick
    237. StormbringerBomber
    238. TickTick
    239. StormbringerBomber
    240. TickTick
    241. Wind
    242. TickTick
    243. StormbringerBomber
    244. TickTick
    245. Wind
    246. TickTick
    247. StormbringerBomber
    248. TickTick
    249. StormbringerBomber
    250. TickTick
    251. Converter
    252. TickTick
    253. StormbringerBomber
    254. TickTick
    255. StormbringerBomber
    256. TickTick
    257. Wind
    258. TickTick ×2
    259. StormbringerBomber ×2
    260. TickTick
    261. BlinkScout plane ×2
    262. TickTick
    263. Converter
    264. TickTick
    265. BlinkScout plane ×2
    266. Wind
    267. TickTick ×2
    268. BlinkScout plane
    269. TickTick
    270. BlinkScout plane
    271. TickTick
    272. StormbringerBomber
    273. TickTick
    274. StormbringerBomber
    275. TickTick
    276. Converter
    277. TickTick
    278. Wind
    279. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    280. TickTick
    281. Wind
    282. TickTick
    283. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    284. TickTick ×7
    285. Wind
    286. TickTick ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Tidal Generator8 Tidal to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 0:13 · 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

haaven

45.7 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1356 metal received · 77659 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

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