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Mauser artillery

Geo skips straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant and fields Mauser artillery from 5:57, much earlier than the role's usual T2 timeline, sometimes with Umbra jammer support, pushing into the middle and occasionally the enemy base.

#artillery #t2 #push · 48 distinct matches · 22 players · 4% of Armada Geo games · team won 57% of 49 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • MauserT2 vehicle artillery from 5:57 · 3% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Vehicle Plant. Only 3% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:29
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 71%6% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 71%15% of all Geo games by then
  • UmbraJammer in 45%3% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 48 games with kill data: in the middle 79%, on their own side 21%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,975 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Jaguar (24% of army), Starlight (20% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Mauser out by 5:58

  1. Open mex and geo like normal, but rush Vehicle Plant by 3:58.
  2. Push straight into Advanced Vehicle Plant well ahead of the norm.
  3. Field Mauser mobile arty from the T2 plant to shell middle early.
  4. Add jammer support to protect the arty push.
  5. Ease into Advanced Geothermal and the usual Starlight/Jaguar transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 48 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:58 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 Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:13, middle half 0:54–1:21

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:45 · typical 1:13
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 6 wind, 5 converterdone ~4:29, middle half 4:04–6:36
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    By 4:16 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 1 geo · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 45 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus ×4
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:46 · typical 3:16
    9. Con turret
    10. Converter
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Converter ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. Converter
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:44 · typical 7:04
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Converter
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Converter
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Converter ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Converter
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Converter
    42. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:08 · typical 9:54
    43. Converter
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:11 · typical 4:29
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle artillery

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter−4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 4 mex, 6 wind, 6 converter
    2. MauserT2 vehicle artillery after 4 mex, 7 wind, 8 converter
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con turret

    By 5:57 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret (standard 6)

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:45 · typical 5:32
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. MauserMauserdone 7:51
  4. 4

    T2 vehicle artillery to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind−2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Mauser4 Mauser +4 vs standard
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle (47%) · jammer (45%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (41%) · converter (41%) · Jaguar (39%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 converter · 2 Starlight

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter (standard 16) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 155 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MauserMauser
    3. Wind ×2
    4. JaguarJaguar
    5. Wind ×3
    6. JaguarJaguar
    7. Wind ×3
    8. MauserMauser
    9. Wind ×2
    10. MauserMauser
    11. Wind ×2
    12. JaguarJaguar
    13. Wind
    14. JaguarJaguar
    15. Wind ×2
    16. MauserMauser
    17. Wind
    18. MauserMauser
    19. Wind
    20. JaguarJaguar
    21. Wind ×2
    22. JaguarJaguar
    23. Wind ×2
    24. MauserMauser
    25. Wind ×2
    26. MauserMauser
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:25
    29. JaguarJaguar
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. ConsulConsul
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. ConsulConsul
    38. Wind ×2
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. ConsulConsul
    41. Wind ×2
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    45. Wind ×2
    46. JaguarJaguar
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. MauserMauser
    50. Wind
    51. MauserMauser
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ConsulConsul
    54. Wind ×2
    55. JaguarJaguar ×2
    56. Wind ×3
    57. JaguarJaguar
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×2
    60. JaguarJaguar
    61. Wind ×2
    62. BullBulldone 11:00
    63. Wind ×3
    64. BullBull
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. BullBull
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Con turret ×2
    71. Wind ×3
    72. BullBull
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×3
    78. BullBull
    79. Wind ×4
    80. BullBull
    81. Wind ×3
    82. JaguarJaguar
    83. Wind ×3
    84. JaguarJaguar
    85. Wind ×4
    86. JaguarJaguar
    87. Wind ×3
    88. JaguarJaguar
    89. Wind ×3
    90. JaguarJaguar
    91. Wind ×4
    92. JaguarJaguar
    93. Wind ×3
    94. JaguarJaguar
    95. Wind ×4
    96. JaguarJaguar
    97. Wind ×3
    98. JaguarJaguar
    99. Wind ×8
    100. JaguarJaguar
    101. Wind ×3
    102. JaguarJaguar
    103. Wind ×4
    104. JaguarJaguar
    105. Wind ×4
    106. JaguarJaguar
    107. Wind ×4
    108. JaguarJaguar
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter ×2
    112. Wind
    113. LazarusLazarus
    114. JaguarJaguar
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. Wind
    122. JaguarJaguar
    123. Converter ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    126. LazarusLazarus
    127. Converter ×2
    128. Wind
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    131. Wind
    132. Converter ×2
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. Converter ×2
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    140. Converter ×2
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. ConsulConsul
    144. Wind
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Wind
    147. Converter ×2
    148. Con turret ×2
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 04/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:15 · in 57% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:46 · in 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle2 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 8:43 · in 53% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · in 45% 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

49 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
1:003563330000
2:008828250000
3:00155215230000
4:00271827000000
5:00443237260000
6:00636557290000
7:007588813031000
8:0094461145991004221
9:001161214489168451260130
10:0013994174052296565960280
11:001679520377328820741377790
12:0019520233054386394018351940
13:0021833260626056596123703304
14:0024871289888287832134934785
15:002737131497105301017247606196
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Matched the standard build's win rate while destroying more enemy metal and losing much less of its own by 15:00.

  • + Destroyed 10530 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 9875 standard.
  • + Lost only 4760 own metal by 15:00 vs 6281 standard.
  • − Metal production fell behind standard by 15:00 (27371 vs 31426).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

40.3 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1378 metal received · 157723 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 0:54–1:21 · n=49
Geothermal Powerplant3:16Middle 50%: 3:00–3:26 · n=49
Vehicle Plant4:29Middle 50%: 4:04–6:36 · n=49
Advanced Vehicle Plant5:32Middle 50%: 5:11–7:27 · n=49
Advanced Metal Extractor7:04Middle 50%: 5:37–8:12 · n=48
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant9:54Middle 50%: 7:00–10:45 · n=37
Starlight11:11Middle 50%: 10:18–12:02 · n=29

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