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Nuke rush

Geo skips the usual T2 unit supply role and commits straight to an Armageddon nuke launcher from 8:11, aiming it at the enemy base rather than sending units to front.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (100%)

#nuke · 8 distinct matches · 4 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 5 of 8 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ArmageddonArmageddon from 8:11 · 1% of role by thenOnly 1% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 9:03
  • Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor in 50%6% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 5 games with kill data: in the enemy base 80%, in the middle 20%.

Those units destroy a typical 7,849 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Starlight (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Armageddon by 8:11

  1. Open Geo's usual mex, wind, Bot Lab and geo start.
  2. Upgrade mex and geo as normal to fund the switch.
  3. Commit to an Armageddon nuke silo instead of front units.
  4. Add a Fusion Reactor to power the silo and eco.
  5. Stockpile the missile while feeding Lazarus and cons to allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 8 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:11 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 ~1:28, middle half 1:19–1:42

    Some games also: energy storage (50%)

    By 1:11 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:57 · typical 1:28
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter13Converter+5 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret7 Con turret +2 vs standard
    • 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 · 13 converter (standard 8) · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Energy storage
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:59 · typical 3:27
    15. Con turret
    16. PawnPawn ×2for Suicide front
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Metal storage
    23. Converter ×4
    24. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    25. Con turret ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine16Wind+14 vs standard
    • Energy Converter8Converter+5 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 17 wind, 16 converter, 7 con turret
    2. ArmageddonNuke silo after 22 wind, 23 converter, 10 con turretdone ~10:20, middle half 9:37–12:02
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret +2 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (38%) · Vehicle Plant (38%) · con vehicle (38%) · Advanced Vehicle Plant (38%) · T2 con vehicle (38%)

    By 7:47 in all: 4 mex · 22 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 23 converter (standard 12) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 95 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    3. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    4. Wind ×6
    5. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    6. Wind ×4
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind ×5
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:18 · typical 5:41
    10. Energy storage
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    15. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:38 · typical 7:18
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    18. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:46
    19. BlinkScout plane ×2
    20. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    21. BlinkScout plane ×4
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:18 · typical 8:18
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Converter ×4
    29. Metal storage
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Converter
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:16
    36. Con turret
    37. BlitzBlitz ×4
    38. Con turret
    39. BlitzBlitz ×3
    40. Con turret ×2
    41. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:42
    42. BlitzBlitz ×13
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. BlitzBlitz ×4
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Converter
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Converter
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Converter
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Converter
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. AggravatorAggravator
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Converter
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Converter
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. AggravatorAggravator
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. Converter ×2
    71. AggravatorAggravator
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Converter
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. AggravatorAggravator
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:05 · typical 8:54
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Mexfor Front
    80. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    81. LazarusLazarus ×2
    82. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Mexfor Front
    85. LazarusLazarus ×2
    86. StarlightStarlightdone 11:41
    87. LazarusLazarus ×3
    88. StarlightStarlight
    89. LazarusLazarus ×2
    90. StarlightStarlight
    91. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. Con turretfor Suicide front
    94. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    95. ArmageddonArmageddondone 14:24 · typical 10:20
  4. 4

    Nuke silo to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine10Wind+5 vs standard
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

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

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 37 wind (standard 19) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 26 converter (standard 16) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×43

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (46 OS, 17/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Suicide frontfirst at 2:31 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:44 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:44 · in 50% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:48 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Tech or Beach seafirst at 5:52 · in 50% 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

8 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
1:003663330000
2:008978250000
3:00151715230000
4:00282827000000
5:00390737260000
6:00618557290000
7:00849181300000
8:00118571145900021
9:0015892144890510130
10:00195801740586565153280
11:0023152203776662074385790
12:0026839233051590394010401940
13:0031142260625446596110403304
14:0034509289889845832114054785
15:003733831497126681017217756196
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won clearly more often than the standard build, with far higher damage dealt and much lower own losses by 15:00.

  • + Own metal lost by 15:00 far below standard (1405 vs 6281)
  • + Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 above standard (10367 vs 9875)
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 10:00 far below standard (86 vs 624), slow to start
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

UsurpeR

45.7 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
295 metal received · 149577 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:28Middle 50%: 1:19–1:42 · n=8
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:24–3:31 · n=8
Advanced Metal Extractor5:41Middle 50%: 5:29–5:55 · n=8
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:18Middle 50%: 6:57–7:33 · n=8
Vehicle Plant8:18Middle 50%: 7:52–10:31 · n=7
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:54Middle 50%: 8:38–10:49 · n=5
Armageddon10:20Middle 50%: 9:37–12:02 · n=7
Fusion Reactor12:00Middle 50%: 11:37–12:49 · n=4

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