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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

T2 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 Plant in 100%2% of all Tech games by then
Aircraft Plant in 100%8% of all Tech games by then
Oracle in 100%1% of all Tech games by then
Highwind 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

0:03Open standard mex and wind, drop a Bot Lab for early cons.
by 4:03Push Advanced Bot Lab and Advanced Metal Extractor as usual for team.
by 9:10Build an Aircraft Plant instead of pure ground T2 supply.
by 9:35Queue Advanced Aircraft Plant right after the T1 plant.
10:08+Pump Liche bombers with Highwind and Oracle escort, then keep scaling eco.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 5 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH

10:00
21:03
33:15
45:00
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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 1:03
Economy
- 3Mex
- 5Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~1:03after 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 · 3 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:33Wind ×5
3. 1:03Bot Labdone 1:20 · typical 1:20
2
Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab
1:03 – 3:15
Economy
- 1Mex
- 7Wind
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Advanced Bot Lab ~3:15after 4 mex, 12 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:03, middle half 3:56–4:07
Builders
- 3 Con turret
- 3 Lazarus
- 1 Con bot
- 1 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 · 22 steps
1. 1:20Wind
2. 1:20Con botfor Air
3. 1:29Tick
4. 1:29Wind
5. 1:35Tick
6. 1:35Wind
7. 1:40Tick
8. 1:42Wind
9. 1:46Lazarus ×2
10. 1:56Mex
11. 2:02Con bot
12. 2:07Wind ×2
13. 2:21Con turret
14. 2:25Wind
15. 2:39Con turret
16. 2:41Wind
17. 2:49Con turret
18. 2:56Wind ×4
19. 3:08Energy storage
20. 3:09Lazarus
21. 3:14Wind ×5
22. 3:24Advanced Bot Labdone 4:11 · typical 4:03
3
Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00
3:15 – 5:00
Builders
- 2 T2 con bot for allies
Army
- 1 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 · 4 steps
1. 3:25Converter ×2
2. 4:12T2 con botfor Geo
3. 4:22Fatboyfor Ponddone 4:54
4. 4:59T2 con botfor Air
4
5:00 to Aircraft Plant
5:00 – 9:16
Economy
- 33Wind
- 8Converter+5 vs standard
- 1Metal storage
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Aircraft Plant ~9:16after 65 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turretdone ~9:26, middle half 9:01–9:29
Builders
- 4 Con turret +4 vs standard
- 8 Butler +2 vs standard
- 3 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 · 38 steps
1. 5:20T2 mexdone 5:53 · typical 5:20
2. 5:26Converter
3. 5:29T2 mex ×2
4. 6:44Con turret
5. 6:48T2 con botfor Geo sea
6. 7:00Butler ×2
7. 7:09T2 mex
8. 7:12Butlerfor Geo sea
9. 7:18T2 con botfor Beach sea
10. 7:18Wind
11. 7:27Butlerfor Geo sea
12. 7:32Butler
13. 7:41Wind
14. 7:43Butler
15. 7:55T2 con botfor Pond
16. 8:06Converter
17. 8:08Wind ×2
18. 8:12Butler
19. 8:13Wind ×2
20. 8:19Butler
21. 8:21Wind
22. 8:25Converter
23. 8:26Wind ×2
24. 8:26Butler
25. 8:30Wind
26. 8:33Con turret
27. 8:35Wind
28. 8:35Butler
29. 8:38Wind ×2
30. 8:44Converter
31. 8:45Wind ×2
32. 8:51Metal storage
33. 8:52Wind ×3
34. 9:03Converter
35. 9:03Wind ×2
36. 9:06Con turret
37. 9:07Wind ×3
38. 9:20Aircraft Plantdone 9:26 · typical 9:26
5
Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers
9:16 – 10:03
Economy
- 21Wind
- 4Converter+2 vs standard
Order
1. Advanced Aircraft Plant ~9:36after 75 wind, 12 converter, 9 con turret
2. T2 air bombers ~10:03after 88 wind, 14 converter, 9 con turretdone ~10:44, middle half 10:13–10:54
Builders
- 1 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 · 108 steps
1. 9:20Wind
2. 9:22Converter
3. 9:24Con turret
4. 9:26Wind
5. 9:26Con aircraft
6. 9:27Con turret
7. 9:28Wind
8. 9:29Con turret
9. 9:32Wind
10. 9:35Advanced Aircraft Plantdone 10:26 · typical 10:02
11. 9:37Wind ×2
12. 9:41Converter
13. 9:41Wind ×11
14. 10:00Converter
15. 10:01Wind ×17
16. 10:20Converter
17. 10:20Wind ×6
18. 10:27Lichedone 11:19 · typical 10:44
19. 10:27Wind ×8
20. 10:39Converter
21. 10:39Wind ×10
22. 11:06Converter
23. 11:19Oracle
24. 11:24Converter
25. 11:26Oracle
26. 11:31Wind ×7
27. 11:43Converter
28. 11:47Wind ×8
29. 12:02Converter
30. 12:05Wind ×4
31. 12:18T2 con aircraft
32. 12:18Wind
33. 12:21Converter
34. 12:21Con turret
35. 12:23Wind ×4
36. 12:33Fusiondone 13:54 · typical 13:54
37. 12:36Wind ×2
38. 12:38Con turret
39. 12:38Converter
40. 12:40Wind
41. 12:41Con turret ×2
42. 12:44Wind
43. 12:46Converter
44. 12:48Wind ×3
45. 12:53Converter
46. 12:57Wind
47. 13:01Converter
48. 13:01Wind ×3
49. 13:08Converter
50. 13:11Wind ×2
51. 13:15Converter
52. 13:15Wind ×2
53. 13:21Converter
54. 13:24Wind ×3
55. 13:29Converter
56. 13:31Con turret
57. 13:32Wind ×3
58. 13:37Converter
59. 13:40Highwind
60. 13:40Wind
61. 13:42Con turret
62. 13:44Wind
63. 13:45Converter
64. 13:46Con turret ×2
65. 13:49Wind ×2
66. 13:53Converter
67. 13:53Wind
68. 13:54Highwind
69. 13:54Con turret
70. 13:57Wind
71. 14:00Converter
72. 14:00Con turret
73. 14:00Wind ×2
74. 14:06Con turret
75. 14:06Wind
76. 14:07Converter
77. 14:07Highwind
78. 14:10Wind ×2
79. 14:13Highwind
80. 14:14Wind
81. 14:16Highwind
82. 14:17Converter
83. 14:18Wind
84. 14:20Aircraft Plantdone 14:31
85. 14:23Wind ×2
86. 14:24Converter
87. 14:27Wind
88. 14:29Metal storage
89. 14:31Converter
90. 14:31Wind
91. 14:33Fusion
92. 14:35Wind ×2
93. 14:40Converter
94. 14:40Wind
95. 14:43Con aircraft
96. 14:44Wind
97. 14:45Anti-nukenot finished by 15:00
98. 14:48Wind
99. 14:48Con aircraft
100. 14:48Converter
101. 14:48Wind
102. 14:50Con aircraft
103. 14:52Wind
104. 14:53Con aircraft ×2
105. 14:56Converter
106. 14:57Wind
107. 14:58Con aircraft
108. 14:59Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (47 OS, 14/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:45 · in 100% of games
5 T2 con bot to Geo or Air or Pondfirst at 4:20 · in 80% of games
1 Fatboy to Pondfirst at 4:28 · in 60% of games
2 Butler to Geo seafirst at 7:44 · in 40% of games

You get

1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Metal produced: Standard tech	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: Standard tech	Own metal lost: This build	Own metal lost: Standard tech
1:00	384	383	0	0	0	0
2:00	918	915	0	0	0	0
3:00	1750	1641	0	0	0	0
4:00	3184	3155	0	0	0	0
5:00	4880	4865	0	0	0	0
6:00	5769	5808	0	0	0	0
7:00	7321	7230	0	0	0	0
8:00	9222	9097	0	0	0	0
9:00	12464	11248	0	0	0	0
10:00	17392	13584	0	0	0	0
11:00	20316	16433	760	0	0	0
12:00	23196	20006	2850	0	700	0
13:00	27881	23753	2850	0	900	0
14:00	30202	27556	4770	79	2500	99
15:00	36278	31667	4770	309	2900	229

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

46.9 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
4599 metal received · 78857 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 build Syphos2games of this build

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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
Beyond All Reason test-31251-0ceadc7
Naval balance tweaks on

Liche bombers

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to Aircraft Plant

Aircraft Plant to T2 air bombers

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

UsurpeR

Typical milestones

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