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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:35 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Con turret ×3
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:44 · typical 4:03
  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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:16
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:20 · typical 5:20
    6. Wind ×3
  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 · 47 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    8. ButlerButler ×2
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. ButlerButler
    11. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    13. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Metal storage
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Energy storage
    47. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:32 · 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 · 159 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. BlinkScout plane
    10. Wind
    11. BlinkScout plane ×3
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. BlinkScout plane
    15. Wind
    16. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    17. Wind
    18. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    19. Converter
    20. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 10:06 · typical 10:02
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. OracleOracle
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. LicheLichedone 10:54 · typical 10:44
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Mex
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:09 · typical 13:54
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Converter
    58. Metal storage
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. Wind ×2
    72. T2 converter
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Converter
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. Fusion ReactorFusion
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×4
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    113. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:54
    114. Wind
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. TracerTracer
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter
    129. Fusion ReactorFusion
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. T2 converter
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×3
    137. Converter
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. Wind
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    147. Wind ×2
    148. T2 converter
    149. Converter
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    151. Wind
    152. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    157. Wind
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    159. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (52 OS, 23/08/2026); 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

51.7 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
4211 metal received · 138075 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

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