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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 · 30 distinct matches · 8 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 67% of 30 · 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 7:58
  • Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant in 50%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 9,346 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 30 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 ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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
    • Lazarus5 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 · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:15 · typical 3:29
    12. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter ×2
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Mex
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×6
    34. SentrySentry
  3. 3

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine10Wind+9 vs standard
    • Energy Converter7Converter+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 13 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turret
    2. ArmageddonNuke silo after 20 wind, 16 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 (33%)

    By 7:47 in all: 4 mex · 20 wind (standard 10) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter (standard 12) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Con turret
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:49 · typical 5:44
    8. Metal storage
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    11. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:12 · typical 7:14
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. ArmageddonArmageddondone 9:03 · typical 9:59
  4. 4

    Nuke silo to Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 20 wind, 14 converter, 8 con turretdone ~9:56, middle half 8:23–11:09

    Some games also: converter (47%) · con turret (43%)

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

    By 9:49 in all: 4 mex · 25 wind (standard 17) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 19 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:11 · typical 9:56
  5. 5

    Aircraft Plant to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant in 63% of games

    Some games also: con turret (47%) · converter (47%) · Vehicle Plant (40%) · blitz (33%) · Chainsaw (30%) · eat Aircraft Plant (47%)

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

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 46 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 21 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:15
    2. StormbringerBomber ×7
    3. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    4. StormbringerBomber ×7
    5. Wind
    6. StormbringerBomber
    7. Wind
    8. StormbringerBomber
    9. Wind
    10. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    11. Wind ×20
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:22
    13. BeamerBeamer ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ram_Me_Daddy's (32 OS, 06/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:19 · in 80% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 2:29 · in 80% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:55 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Tech or Beach seafirst at 5:18 · in 37% 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

30 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
2:009128540000
3:00150315270000
4:00276526720000
5:00374536950000
6:00596956430000
7:00831280240000
8:0011372113430001
9:001450914408043085
10:0017709172800480130204
11:00208962013101745260534
12:0024323230121736361810301634
13:0027180257438328581815002989
14:00303392858912389820519114440
15:003239031360137841020121205610
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

Ram_Me_Daddy

31.7 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
2153 metal received · 77392 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=30
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:15–3:41 · n=30
Advanced Metal Extractor5:44Middle 50%: 5:32–6:03 · n=30
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:14Middle 50%: 7:01–7:36 · n=30
Aircraft Plant9:56Middle 50%: 8:23–11:09 · n=15
Armageddon9:59Middle 50%: 9:27–10:33 · n=27
Vehicle Plant10:06Middle 50%: 8:44–10:39 · n=22

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