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Nuke rush

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo commits to building an Armageddon nuke launcher from around 7:58, far earlier than usual, aiming the nuke at the enemy base while the team holds the front; transitions back to standard T2 play afterward.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (77%)

#nuke · 31 distinct matches · 8 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 68% of 31 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ArmageddonArmageddon from 7:48 · 1% of role by thenOnly 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:05
  • Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant in 52%20% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 22 games with kill data: in the enemy base 82%, in the middle 14%.

Those units destroy a typical 9,310 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Armageddon by 10:00

  1. Run the standard Geo eco opening into geothermal power.
  2. Commit to the Armageddon nuke silo far earlier than usual.
  3. Finish the silo, aimed at the enemy base, and keep it protected.
  4. Build a Vehicle Plant alongside for ground support units.
  5. Stockpile the missile while fielding Starlights for the front.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 31 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 8:48 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 Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:21, middle half 1:13–1:24

    By 1:04 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · typical 1:21
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 4 wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 1 geo · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:49 · typical 3:29
    12. Mex
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×6
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine12Wind+11 vs standard
    • Energy Converter6Converter+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 13 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turret
    2. ArmageddonNuke silo after 20 wind, 15 converter, 8 con turretdone ~9:59, middle half 9:27–10:33
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Sentry (35%)

    By 7:48 in all: 4 mex · 20 wind (standard 10) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 15 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Metal storage
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:30 · typical 5:45
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:03 · typical 7:15
    9. Con turret
    10. ArmageddonArmageddondone 10:26 · typical 9:59
  4. 4

    Nuke silo to Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 21 wind, 13 converter, 8 con turretdone ~9:56, middle half 8:41–11:17

    Some games also: converter (45%) · con turret (42%)

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

    By 9:51 in all: 4 mex · 26 wind (standard 17) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 18 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Converter ×4
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:42 · typical 10:03
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:01
    5. BlitzBlitz ×6
    6. Converter
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Converter
    9. BlitzBlitz ×3
    10. Converter
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Converter
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. GroundhogGroundhog
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Converter
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:07 · typical 9:56
  5. 5

    Aircraft Plant to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant in 65% of games

    Some games also: con turret (45%) · converter (45%) · Vehicle Plant (35%) · blitz (32%) · Chainsaw (32%) · eat Aircraft Plant (48%)

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

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 45 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 20 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Converter
    2. BlitzBlitz ×2
    3. Converter
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. BlinkScout plane ×3
    8. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:51
    9. BlinkScout plane ×5
    10. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    11. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    12. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00
    13. UmbraJammer
    14. ProphetRadar vehicle
    15. JaguarJaguar
    16. ShredderShredderdone 13:56
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ShredderShredder
    19. Wind ×8
    20. ShredderShredder
    21. Wind ×10
    22. JaguarJaguar
    23. Wind ×2
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Wind ×2
    26. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Etherift's (32 OS, 18/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:21 · in 81% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 2:28 · in 81% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:56 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Tech or Beach seafirst at 5:18 · in 35% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

31 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
1:003843330000
2:009118590000
3:00150115270000
4:00276326700000
5:00376336940000
6:00593156380000
7:00827780260000
8:0011366113460000
9:001448214406043084
10:0017603172800472130198
11:00207382012501745260520
12:0024264229952065361811801605
13:0027278257358475583715402970
14:00307042858912125823919404432
15:003285931360136791017221505586
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won clearly more than the standard build, with massive enemy metal destroyed and very low losses.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 nearly 65% higher than standard (17495 vs 10560)
  • + Own metal lost by 15:00 much lower than standard (2480 vs 5977)
  • − Early game nearly inactive, 21 enemy metal destroyed by 10:00 vs 533 standard
  • − Only reaches this timing in 1% of role games, unproven sample
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Etherift

32.0 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1443 metal received · 195237 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:21Middle 50%: 1:13–1:24 · n=31
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:15–3:40 · n=31
Advanced Metal Extractor5:45Middle 50%: 5:32–6:06 · n=31
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:15Middle 50%: 7:02–7:40 · n=31
Aircraft Plant9:56Middle 50%: 8:41–11:17 · n=16
Armageddon9:59Middle 50%: 9:27–10:33 · n=27
Vehicle Plant10:03Middle 50%: 8:26–10:38 · n=23

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