SUPREME ISTHMUS / 8 VS 8 / BEACH SEA

Beach sea
build orders.

Holds the team's sea on the long beach side, and is first on the water.
Players also call it Sea, long beach side.
What does Beach sea do? →

THE OPENING BOOK

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Beach sea · Cortex 1,033 games · 2 builds · standard play in 84%

Beach sea · Armada 686 games · 2 builds · standard play in 85%

Beach sea · Legion 31 games · 1 builds · standard play in 74%

Beach sea produces Herring frigates much earlier than peers

Beach sea launches its first Herring at 2:49, while other roles typically do so at 5:17.

By 15:00
First Herring58%
First kill100%
First unit lost100%
First Riptide58%
T2 constructor88%
T2 factory35%
0:003:006:009:0012:0015:00

Dot: typical time. Bar: middle half of the games that get there. Right: share of games that get there.

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MilestoneTypicalMiddle halfShare of games
First Herring2:492:26–3:4358%
First kill3:483:01–4:29100%
First unit lost3:513:06–4:42100%
First Riptide3:553:19–4:4158%
T2 constructor8:097:27–9:0088%
T2 factory12:4411:40–13:5435%
MOST COMMON FIRST · WHAT SETS EACH BUILD APART · TYPICAL TIMINGSEVIDENCE
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Beach seaEconomy first#raid#amphibious#rush

Hovercraft raid

Player rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 1:10 and pushes out Seeker hovercraft as an early raid by 2:13, well before the shipyard which is delayed to around 4:16, using the raid to harass while sea presence catches up later.

Hovercraft Platform in 100%Seeker in 99%

Hovercraft Platform → Shipyard → Destroyer → Advanced Metal Extractor

OPENINGMetal Extractor ×3×3→Solar Collector→Wind Turbine ×3×3→Energy Storage→Wind Turbine ×4×4→Hovercraft Platform→Sentry→Metal Extractor ×5×5

12% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 54% of 80 · Then: destroyer, seeker, dolphin · Last seen 30 Sept

80MATCHES29 players
Updated 30/09/2026, 15:17:19 UTCHow builds are found ↗