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Seeker rush

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

An even earlier hovercraft raid, with the platform up under a minute and a Seeker raid pushing to the middle by 1:30, well ahead of the role norm; but the handful of examples show enemies breaking into the team's own base shortly after…

Usually hovers first (100%)

#naval #raid #rush · 15 distinct matches · 11 players · 1% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 15 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SeekerHover raid from 1:28 · 11% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 11% of Beach sea games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:23
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%14% of all Beach sea games by then
  • EllysawFrigate in 40%19% of all Beach sea games by then

Where those units first fight, in 15 games with kill data: in the middle 80%, in the enemy base 20%.

Those units destroy a typical 626 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into destroyer (27% of army), frigate (16% of army), dolphin (13% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Hovercraft Platform by 0:54

  1. Open triple mex and wind, rush Hovercraft Platform by 1:23.
  2. Push Seeker raiders straight to middle, skip extra eco.
  3. Lay Shipyard down to start the normal sea transition.
  4. Reclaim the Hovercraft Platform once raid work is done.
  5. Bring Corsair and Eel online to hold the sea lane.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 15 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD BEACH SEA
  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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 3 mex, 4 wind
    2. SeekerHover raid after 3 mex, 5 wind

    Some games also: con hovercraft (33%) · wind for allies (33%)

    By 1:28 in all: 3 mex · 5 wind (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 1:13 · typical 1:24
    5. Wind
    6. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    7. Wind
    8. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    9. SeekerSeekerdone 1:50
  2. 2

    Hover raid to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 6 mex, 10 winddone ~4:17, middle half 3:55–4:55
    Builders
    • Construction Hovercraft3 Con hovercraft +3 vs standard
    Army
    • Seeker5 Seeker +5 vs standard

    Some games also: wind for allies (47%) · Harpoon (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 tidal · 2 con ship · 2 dolphin

    By 4:00 in all: 6 mex · 10 wind (standard 3)

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SeekerSeeker
    3. Wind
    4. SeekerSeeker ×3
    5. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    6. Mex
    7. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Wind ×5
    13. Mex
    14. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    15. Wind ×3
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:47 · typical 4:17
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind−5 vs standard
    • Tidal Generator1Tidal
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platform
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry3 Sentry +2 vs standard
    • Harpoon1 Harpoon
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair1 Destroyer −2 vs standard
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Nettle (47%) · converter (40%) · Grim Reaper (40%) · submarine (33%) · Naval Nettle (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 18 wind · 1 tidal (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 179 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Wind
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:40 · typical 7:16
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. Wind ×5
    22. Converter
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×5
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind ×5
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Wind ×5
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind ×4
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Wind ×5
    38. HarpoonHarpoon
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. NettleNettle
    49. Wind
    50. BeholderBeholder
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. NettleNettle
    55. Wind ×2
    56. BeholderBeholder
    57. HarpoonHarpoon
    58. Wind
    59. NettleNettle
    60. EllysawFrigate
    61. Wind
    62. Energy storage
    63. Wind
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. Wind
    66. BeholderBeholder
    67. Wind
    68. SentrySentry
    69. BeholderBeholder
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. Mex
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. Wind
    76. EllysawFrigate
    77. EelSubmarinedone 9:00
    78. Wind
    79. HarpoonHarpoon
    80. BeholderBeholder
    81. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    82. Converter
    83. EelSubmarine
    84. BeholderBeholder
    85. Converter
    86. EelSubmarine
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. BeholderBeholder
    90. HarpoonHarpoon
    91. EelSubmarine
    92. Wind ×2
    93. NettleNettle
    94. Wind
    95. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    96. SkaterSkater
    97. Wind ×3
    98. HarpoonHarpoon
    99. Wind ×2
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind ×2
    104. EllysawFrigate
    105. Wind
    106. NettleNettle
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. NettleNettle
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. EllysawFrigate
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. EllysawFrigate
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. EllysawFrigate
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    125. EllysawFrigate
    126. Wind ×2
    127. DolphinDolphin
    128. Wind ×2
    129. DolphinDolphin
    130. Wind ×2
    131. CorsairDestroyer
    132. Wind ×4
    133. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    134. Wind ×3
    135. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    138. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Naval Metal Storage
    141. Wind
    142. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    143. Wind ×4
    144. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:28
    145. Wind ×3
    146. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    147. Wind ×4
    148. Construction ShipCon ship
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    151. Wind ×9
    152. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    153. Wind ×3
    154. SkaterSkater
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Naval Energy Converter
    157. SkaterSkater
    158. Wind
    159. VoyagerVoyager
    160. SkaterSkater
    161. Wind
    162. Naval Energy Converter
    163. HavenHaven
    164. Wind
    165. SkaterSkater
    166. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:31
    167. Wind
    168. Naval Energy Converter
    169. Wind ×2
    170. BeholderBeholder
    171. Naval Energy Converter
    172. Wind
    173. Naval Energy Converter
    174. BeholderBeholder
    175. Wind
    176. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    177. Naval Energy Converter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Naval Energy Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot's (39 OS, 15/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:50 · in 47% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 2:09 · in 60% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:33 · 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 beach sea

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

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

metal

Own metal lost

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

metal

15 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard beach seaEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard beach seaOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard beach sea
1:003894040000
2:009159380000
3:00146115800000
4:0024282520170515151
5:0036463704454241306150
6:0048615100780563476355
7:006593658810611095591691
8:0081988152140916569461138
9:00972397741675243113211809
10:0011514116212081332515262565
11:0012975136902261426618113340
12:0015403160492687506622124130
13:0017830184764577585632714941
14:0020239212525137654246245913
15:0022312239115137739946456700
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won about as often as the standard Beach sea build, with lower economy but lower losses too.

  • + Destroys more metal early, 799 vs 255 by 5:00
  • + Loses less metal overall, 3958 vs 6716 by 15:00
  • − Metal produced falls well behind standard by 15:00, 19735 vs 25299
  • − T2 factory timing norm of 35% suggests this build rarely reaches T2 factory stage
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

yeskinkot

39.0 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
545 metal received · 29231 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Hovercraft Platform1:24Middle 50%: 1:10–1:26 · n=15
Shipyard4:17Middle 50%: 3:55–4:55 · n=15
Corsair7:16Middle 50%: 6:58–8:52 · n=11
Advanced Metal Extractor10:24Middle 50%: 9:21–11:06 · n=12

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