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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 · 7 steps
    1. Tidal ×8
    2. Mex ×4
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 3:41 · typical 3:50
    7. SeekerSeekerdone 3:48
  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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    2. SeekerSeeker ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. SeekerSeeker ×9
    5. Wind
    6. SeekerSeeker
    7. Wind
    8. SeekerSeeker ×2
    9. Wind
    10. SeekerSeeker ×2
    11. Wind
    12. SeekerSeeker
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:57 · 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 · 195 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:28 · typical 9:20
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×8
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind ×15
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:17
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Con turret
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter ×2
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind ×2
    52. CrossbowCrossbow
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. CrossbowCrossbow
    58. Wind ×2
    59. CrossbowCrossbow
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. FerretFerret
    63. Wind
    64. CrossbowCrossbow
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Converter
    67. CrossbowCrossbow
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. CrossbowCrossbow
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Converter
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Wind ×4
    95. Con turret
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×5
    101. LazarusLazarus
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:29
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Wind ×5
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×4
    113. Pit BullPit Bull ×2
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. BeamerBeamer
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TickTick
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind ×3
    140. TickTick
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind ×2
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind ×5
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind ×3
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind ×2
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×3
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind ×2
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind ×2
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick
    184. Wind ×2
    185. TickTick ×2
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (41 OS, 23/08/2026); 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

40.7 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
362 metal received · 80158 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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