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Seeker raid

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds a hovercraft platform right after the bot lab and pushes Seekers out from about 4:35, well before the role normally has any hovercraft, sending them straight into the enemy base rather than defending the cove; shipyard and…

#raid #amphibious #rush · 11 distinct matches · 6 players · 1% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 36% of 11 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SeekerHover raid from 4:35 · 2% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 2% of Geo sea games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:29
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 82%2% of all Geo sea games by then
  • SeekerSeeker in 64%1% of all Geo sea games by then

Where those units first fight, in 10 games with kill data: in the enemy base 50%, in the middle 40%, on their own side 10%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,995 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into dolphin (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 2:11

  1. Open bot lab first, as usual for cove sea.
  2. Add Hovercraft Platform right after, well before the role norm.
  3. Push Seeker raiders straight into the enemy base, not the cove.
  4. Reclaim the Hovercraft Platform once the raid has run its course.
  5. Build the shipyard afterward to transition into Eel and Dolphin.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 11 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO SEA
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 5 winddone ~1:22, middle half 1:05–1:30

    Some games also: wind for allies (45%) · energy storage (45%)

    By 1:06 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · typical 1:22
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Hovercraft Platform

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~3:22, middle half 2:13–4:43
    Builders
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot

    Some games also: mex (45%) · energy storage (45%)

    By 2:11 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind (standard 4) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CrossbowCrossbow
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Wind ×2
    15. NettleNettle
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Energy storage
    18. Con turret
    19. NettleNettle ×2
    20. Mex
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:12 · typical 6:27
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 4:43 · typical 3:22
  3. 3

    Hovercraft Platform to Hover raid

    Order
    1. SeekerHover raid after 6 mex, 8 wind, 1 energy storage

    Some games also: Sentry (36%) · mex (36%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 mex · 3 dolphin

    By 4:35 in all: 6 mex (standard 8) · 9 wind (standard 6) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. SentrySentry
    3. SeekerSeekerdone 4:48
  4. 4

    Hover raid to Shipyard

    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab in 64% of games
    2. ShipyardShipyard after 6 mex, 9 wind, 2 con turretdone ~5:50, middle half 3:43–6:59
    Army
    • Seeker6 Seeker +6 vs standard

    Some games also: wind (45%) · Nettle (45%) · mex (45%) · Sentry (36%) · con turret (36%)

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

    By 5:38 in all: 8 mex · 11 wind · 1 geo · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 75 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. SeekerSeeker
    4. SentrySentry
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker
    8. Wind
    9. SeekerSeeker
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. SeekerSeeker
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. SeekerSeeker
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:26
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    20. Wind
    21. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    22. Wind
    23. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret ×2
    27. Metal storage
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:52 · typical 8:23
    29. Con turret ×2
    30. NettleNettle
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    34. Energy storage
    35. NettleNettle
    36. Wind ×3
    37. StorkLight transport
    38. Wind ×3
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×4
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    45. Wind ×2
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Mex
    51. StormbringerBomber
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. StormbringerBomber
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    58. Wind
    59. StormbringerBomber ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. StormbringerBomber
    63. Wind
    64. StormbringerBomber
    65. Con turret
    66. StormbringerBomber
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. StormbringerBomber
    69. Con turret
    70. StormbringerBomber
    71. Con turret
    72. StormbringerBomber
    73. SentrySentry
    74. StormbringerBomber
    75. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:34 · typical 5:50
  5. 5

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind−3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platform in 73% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Seeker9 Seeker +9 vs standard

    Some games also: Nettle (45%) · Radar Tower (45%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 converter · 2 dolphin · 2 skater · 2 destroyer

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 22 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 49 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. DolphinDolphin ×2
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Con turret
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 13:26
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Con turret
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Con turret
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Con turret
    18. DolphinDolphin ×9
    19. NettleNettle
    20. DolphinDolphin ×2
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. NettleNettle
    23. Construction ShipCon ship
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. EelSubmarinedone 13:58 · typical 8:29
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. EelSubmarine
    30. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. EelSubmarine
    33. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    34. EelSubmarine
    35. Con turret
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Con turret
    40. Converter
    41. EelSubmarine
    42. Con turret
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. Converter ×2
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Converter
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Con turret
    49. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Achillesmsg's (40 OS, 09/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Pondfirst at 1:18 · in 45% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:56 · in 64% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:10 · in 64% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Tech or Geofirst at 7:14 · in 73% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo sea

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

11 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geo seaEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geo seaOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo sea
1:003973950000
2:009299280000
3:00151816170000
4:002361290600040
5:0035674148260176054
6:0051525557760541255288
7:006619710915811008680606
8:0080948776179517047291003
9:009340106801880246111651626
10:0010760129443321341414452206
11:0013075155733353466516753128
12:0015599186183736574520043895
13:0018864219496757686133444725
14:0022039257587747783641295550
15:0024059292129286887841296339
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Lost more often than the standard build, with lower metal production throughout and weaker economy by 15:00.

  • + Own metal lost at 5:00 is zero, better than standard's 54.
  • + Destroys more enemy metal than standard by 15:00 (9286 vs 8867).
  • − Team win rate well below the standard build's.
  • − Metal produced by 15:00 badly trails standard (24059 vs 29209).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RAM_Achillesmsg

40.5 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

33 received units · includes a constructor
1294 metal received · 24953 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:22Middle 50%: 1:05–1:30 · n=9
Hovercraft Platform3:22Middle 50%: 2:13–4:43 · n=9
Shipyard5:50Middle 50%: 3:43–6:59 · n=8
Geothermal Powerplant6:27Middle 50%: 5:31–8:01 · n=8
Advanced Metal Extractor8:23Middle 50%: 7:47–9:44 · n=7
Eel8:29Middle 50%: 4:39–12:10 · n=6

Played most by

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