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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick ×5
    9. Mex
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:53 · typical 3:16
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:30 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 4:46 · typical 5:32
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind
    8. MauserMauserdone 4:56
  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 · 108 steps
    1. Wind
    2. MauserMauser
    3. Wind ×2
    4. MauserMauser
    5. Wind ×2
    6. MauserMauser
    7. Wind ×3
    8. MauserMauser
    9. Wind ×2
    10. JaguarJaguar
    11. Wind ×2
    12. JaguarJaguar
    13. Mex
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 8:49 · typical 7:04
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Converter
    32. Con turret
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Converter
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. NettleNettle ×2
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 11:53 · typical 9:54
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:23
    49. Wind
    50. ConsulConsul
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind
    53. ConsulConsul
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. ConsulConsul
    57. Converter
    58. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:51
    59. Converter
    60. BlitzBlitz ×5
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz ×4
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×4
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz ×5
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz ×3
    69. Wind
    70. PlatypusPlatypus
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind
    77. PlatypusPlatypus
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Con turret
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz ×2
    96. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind ×2
    104. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    105. Wind ×2
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OldSpanker's (51 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

OldSpanker

50.7 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
643 metal received · 33847 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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