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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 · 11 steps
    1. Tidal ×2for Suicide front
    2. Windfor Suicide front
    3. Tidalfor Suicide front
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. Tidal ×2for Front
    6. Wind ×2for Front
    7. Mex ×4
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 3:46 · typical 3:50
    11. SeekerSeekerdone 3:52
  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 · 45 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×9
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    3. SeekerSeeker ×14
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. SeekerSeeker
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:17
    12. Con turret
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:21 · typical 9:20
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind ×4
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind ×3
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Wind ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz ×3
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×6
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×4
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:15
    43. Wind ×4
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:31 · 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 · 93 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. PawnPawn
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Converter
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Converter
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Converter
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Converter
    33. PawnPawn
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Con turret
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. PawnPawn
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. PawnPawn
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. PawnPawn
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. LazarusLazarus ×2
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Mex
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Mex
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. PawnPawn
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. PawnPawn
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. PawnPawn
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. PawnPawn
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. PawnPawn
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (51 OS, 24/08/2026); 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

50.6 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
1153 metal received · 96282 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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