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Liche bombers

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo rushes an advanced aircraft plant for T2 bombers led by Liche from 8:37, with T2 fighters and radar support alongside, striking into the enemy base in half its games before transitioning to the usual T2 army.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (83%)

#air #t2 · 12 distinct matches · 9 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 75% of 12 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • LicheT2 air bombers from 8:37 · 1% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Aircraft Plant. Only 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:27
  • Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plant in 100%2% of all Geo games by then
  • Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant in 92%20% of all Geo games by then
  • HighwindHighwind in 83%2% of all Geo games by then
  • OracleOracle in 83%1% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 10 games with kill data: in the middle 70%, on their own side 20%, in the enemy base 10%.

Those units destroy a typical 5,647 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Highwind (21% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Aircraft Plant by 7:52

  1. Open standard mex and wind, get bot lab up by 1:10.
  2. Get geo up, then push straight for T2 economy.
  3. Build aircraft plant early instead of the usual T2 lab.
  4. Add advanced aircraft plant and start pumping 'Liche' bombers.
  5. Add 'Highwind' fighters and 'Oracle' support, then strike enemy base.
  6. Transition into normal T2 army and T2 cons for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 12 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:37 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 Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:10, middle half 1:06–1:20

    By 0:53 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:07 · typical 1:10
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 5 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret5 Con turret
    • Lazarus5 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    Some games also: Radar Tower (33%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:27 · typical 3:22
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Energy storage
    20. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine9Wind+8 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 16 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 17 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:14, middle half 6:56–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: metal storage (33%)

    By 7:07 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind (standard 10) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Converter ×5
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:42 · typical 5:40
    3. Metal storage
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:16 · typical 7:06
    6. SentrySentry ×3
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:17 · typical 7:14
  4. 4

    Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plant after 17 wind, 12 converter, 8 con turret
    2. LicheT2 air bombers after 17 wind, 13 converter, 9 con turretdone ~9:19, middle half 8:57–9:33
    Builders
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft

    Some games also: con turret (50%)

    By 8:33 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 13 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    2. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 8:44 · typical 8:31
    3. Con turret ×5
    4. OracleOracle
    5. Con turret ×2
    6. LicheLichedone 9:17 · typical 9:19
  5. 5

    T2 air bombers to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−22 vs standard
    • Energy Converter2Converter−2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Highwind15 Highwind +15 vs standard
    • Oracle1 Oracle

    Some games also: T2 con aircraft (50%) · Liche (42%) · Vehicle Plant (42%) · con vehicle (33%) · Advanced Vehicle Plant (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 Jaguar · 4 Starlight

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 22 wind (standard 41) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 17 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. OracleOracle
    3. LicheLiche

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ariah's (42 OS, 25/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:24 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:30 · in 92% of games
  • Advanced Construction Aircraft1 T2 con aircraft to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 10:25 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Geo seafirst at 4:16 · in 33% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:57 · in 100% 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

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

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

metal

12 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003613330000
2:008888270000
3:00150215280000
4:00262627050000
5:00359837290000
6:00578057220000
7:00838481460000
8:0011233115050016221
9:001436514513051227130
10:0017591174341468630354320
11:002002220409431320771156807
12:0022475233495233401914821913
13:0024810261336800612131793277
14:0027076290258763851032574725
15:002910831650102171037437816170
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This build won more often than the standard Geo build and destroyed more enemy metal by 10:00 while losing less metal by 15:00.

  • + Won 75% of its games vs 54% for standard build.
  • + Destroyed 1468 enemy metal by 10:00 vs 630 for standard.
  • − Metal produced trails standard by 15:00 (29108 vs 31650).
  • − Commits to aircraft plant by 6:54, far earlier than 20% role norm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Ariah

42.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1219 metal received · 147088 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:10Middle 50%: 1:06–1:20 · n=12
Geothermal Powerplant3:22Middle 50%: 3:14–3:28 · n=12
Advanced Metal Extractor5:40Middle 50%: 5:23–6:04 · n=12
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:48–7:31 · n=12
Aircraft Plant7:14Middle 50%: 6:56–7:41 · n=12
Advanced Aircraft Plant8:31Middle 50%: 8:15–8:49 · n=12
Liche9:19Middle 50%: 8:57–9:33 · n=12
Vehicle Plant11:46Middle 50%: 9:15–12:44 · n=6

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