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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. Wind ×3for Pond
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Energy storage
    3. Wind
    4. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 2:13 · 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. Wind
    2. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    3. SeekerSeekerdone 2:45
  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 · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SeekerSeeker ×2
    3. SweeperSweeper
    4. SeekerSeeker ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Mex
    7. SeekerSeeker ×4
    8. Mex
    9. SeekerSeeker
    10. Mex
    11. SeekerSeeker ×5
    12. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    13. Mex
    14. SeekerSeeker ×7
    15. Mex
    16. SeekerSeeker ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:38 · typical 6:27
    19. SeekerSeeker ×2
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. SeekerSeeker
  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 · 84 steps
    1. SeekerSeeker
    2. Mex
    3. SeekerSeeker
    4. Wind ×5
    5. SeekerSeeker
    6. Wind
    7. SeekerSeeker
    8. Wind
    9. SeekerSeeker
    10. Wind ×2
    11. SeekerSeeker
    12. SweeperSweeper
    13. Wind
    14. SweeperSweeper
    15. SeekerSeeker ×2
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. SweeperSweeper
    18. SeekerSeeker
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    21. SeekerSeeker
    22. Con turret
    23. SeekerSeeker ×6
    24. SweeperSweeper ×2
    25. SeekerSeeker ×2
    26. NettleNettle
    27. SeekerSeeker
    28. Con turret
    29. SeekerSeeker ×8
    30. NettleNettle
    31. SeekerSeeker ×9
    32. Con turret
    33. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    34. SeekerSeeker ×11
    35. Con turret
    36. SeekerSeeker ×2
    37. Energy storage
    38. SeekerSeeker ×2
    39. SweeperSweeper
    40. Wind
    41. SweeperSweeper
    42. Wind
    43. SweeperSweeper
    44. SeekerSeeker
    45. Wind
    46. SeekerSeeker ×4
    47. Wind
    48. SeekerSeeker ×2
    49. Wind
    50. SeekerSeeker ×2
    51. Wind
    52. SeekerSeeker ×4
    53. Wind
    54. SeekerSeeker
    55. Wind
    56. SeekerSeeker ×2
    57. Wind ×3
    58. SeekerSeeker ×3
    59. Wind
    60. SeekerSeeker
    61. Wind
    62. SeekerSeeker
    63. Wind ×2
    64. SweeperSweeper ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. SweeperSweeper
    67. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    68. SweeperSweeper
    69. SeekerSeeker
    70. Wind
    71. SeekerSeeker
    72. Wind
    73. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    74. SeekerSeeker ×2
    75. Wind
    76. SeekerSeeker
    77. Wind ×2
    78. SweeperSweeper
    79. Wind
    80. SweeperSweeper
    81. Wind
    82. SeekerSeeker ×19
    83. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    84. SeekerSeeker ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (38 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

38.1 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
969 metal received · 105262 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

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