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Liche bombers

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes a T1 then Advanced Aircraft Plant by 10 minutes to field Liche atomic bombers with Highwind escort around 10:00, a unique air plan for Tech that strikes toward the middle and enemy base.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (100%)

#air #push · 5 distinct matches · 2 players · 0% of Armada Tech games · team won 4 of 5 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • LicheT2 air bombers from 10:03 · 1% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Aircraft Plant. Only 1% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 13:01
  • Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plant in 100%2% of all Tech games by then
  • Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant in 100%8% of all Tech games by then
  • OracleOracle in 100%1% of all Tech games by then
  • HighwindHighwind in 80%1% of all Tech games by then

Where those units first fight, in 5 games with kill data: in the middle 60%, on their own side 40%.

Those units destroy a typical 4,320 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Highwind (26% of army), anti-nuke (18% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Aircraft Plant by 9:35

  1. Open standard mex and wind, drop a Bot Lab for early cons.
  2. Push Advanced Bot Lab and Advanced Metal Extractor as usual for team.
  3. Build an Aircraft Plant instead of pure ground T2 supply.
  4. Queue Advanced Aircraft Plant right after the T1 plant.
  5. Pump Liche bombers with Highwind and Oracle escort, then keep scaling eco.

Phase by phase

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

Follow the example game's first 11:03 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 Turbine5Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 5 winddone ~1:20, middle half 1:15–1:34

    Some games also: energy storage (40%)

    By 1:03 in all: 3 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:34 · typical 1:20
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 12 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:03, middle half 3:56–4:07
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (40%)

    By 3:15 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot2 T2 con bot for allies
    Army
    • Fatboy1 Fatboy for allies

    Some games also: converter (40%) · wind (40%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 wind

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter ×3
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×6
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×12
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine33Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter+5 vs standard
    • Metal Storage1Metal storage
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 65 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turretdone ~9:26, middle half 9:01–9:29
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret +4 vs standard
    • Butler8 Butler +2 vs standard
    • Advanced Construction Bot3 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: Butler for allies (40%)

    By 9:16 in all: 4 mex · 65 wind (standard 43) · 10 converter (standard 5) · 2 energy storage · 1 metal storage · 7 con turret (standard 3)

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turretfor Geo
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×4
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Energy storage
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:27 · typical 5:20
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:51 · typical 9:26
  5. 5

    Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine21Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plant after 75 wind, 12 converter, 9 con turret
    2. LicheT2 air bombers after 88 wind, 14 converter, 9 con turretdone ~10:44, middle half 10:13–10:54
    Builders
    • Construction Aircraft1 Con aircraft

    Some games also: con turret (40%) · scout plane (40%)

    By 10:03 in all: 4 mex · 88 wind (standard 60) · 14 converter (standard 8) · 2 energy storage · 1 metal storage · 9 con turret (standard 3)

    The example game in this phase · 66 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. BlinkScout plane
    3. Wind ×4
    4. BlinkScout plane
    5. Wind ×3
    6. BlinkScout plane
    7. Wind ×3
    8. BlinkScout plane
    9. Wind
    10. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Geo
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Geo
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 9:00 · typical 10:02
    15. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    16. Wind ×3
    17. LicheLichedone 9:45 · typical 10:44
    18. Wind ×7
    19. OracleOracle
    20. Wind
    21. OracleOracle
    22. Wind
    23. AbductorAbductor
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. HighwindHighwind ×3
    27. Wind
    28. HighwindHighwind
    29. Con turret
    30. HighwindHighwind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. HighwindHighwind
    33. Wind
    34. HighwindHighwind
    35. Wind ×2
    36. HighwindHighwind
    37. Wind ×3
    38. HighwindHighwind
    39. Wind
    40. AbductorAbductor
    41. Wind ×5
    42. AbductorAbductor
    43. Wind ×16
    44. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraftfor Geo
    45. Wind
    46. Metal storage
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 13:48
    49. Con turret ×2
    50. Con turretfor Geo
    51. Con turret ×2
    52. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:38 · typical 13:54
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    56. Con turret
    57. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Fusion ReactorFusion
    60. Wind ×7
    61. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:44
    62. T2 converter
    63. Wind
    64. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    65. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    66. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (44 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:45 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Geo or Air or Pondfirst at 4:20 · in 80% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy to Pondfirst at 4:28 · in 60% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo seafirst at 7:44 · in 40% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:49 · in 80% of games

How it plays out

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

  • This build
  • Standard tech

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

5 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard techEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard techOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard tech
1:003843830000
2:009189150000
3:00175016410000
4:00318431550000
5:00488048650000
6:00576958080000
7:00732172300000
8:00922290970000
9:0012464112480000
10:0017392135840000
11:002031616433760000
12:002319620006285007000
13:002788123753285009000
14:003020227556477079250099
15:00362783166747703092900229
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build and produced far more metal by 15:00, but traded that for much higher own losses once the bombers engaged.

  • + Destroyed 4770 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 400 for standard build.
  • + Metal production reached 17392 by 10:00 vs 13553 standard.
  • − Own metal lost jumped to 1940 by 15:00 vs 260 standard.
  • − Delays the role's usual T2 ground supply, only 1% of role games go air this early.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

UsurpeR

43.9 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
4213 metal received · 94144 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:20Middle 50%: 1:15–1:34 · n=5
Advanced Bot Lab4:03Middle 50%: 3:56–4:07 · n=4
Advanced Metal Extractor5:20Middle 50%: 5:11–5:53 · n=5
Aircraft Plant9:26Middle 50%: 9:01–9:29 · n=5
Advanced Aircraft Plant10:02Middle 50%: 9:26–10:06 · n=5
Liche10:44Middle 50%: 10:13–10:54 · n=5
Fusion Reactor13:54Middle 50%: 13:02–14:16 · n=3

Played most by

UsurpeR3games of this buildSyphos2games of this build

Supporting games

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UsurpeR05/10/2026 · 44 OS↗UsurpeR14/09/2026 · 47 OS↗UsurpeR23/08/2026 · 52 OS↗Syphos15/08/2026 · 42 OS↗Syphos06/08/2026 · 47 OS↗Supreme Isthmus v2.1
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