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Nuke rush

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

A plan where after the usual T2 rush and mex upgrades, the Tech player commits early to an Armageddon nuke launcher from around 10:28, well ahead of the norm, with the missile aimed at and landing in the enemy base.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (81%)

#nuke #t2 · 106 distinct matches · 39 players · 7% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 108 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ArmageddonArmageddon from 10:28 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:33

Where those units first fight, in 22 games with kill data: in the enemy base 95%.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Armageddon by 10:28

  1. Open triple mex and wind into the standard fast T2 lab rush.
  2. Get the Advanced Bot Lab up on the usual quick timing.
  3. Upgrade mexes to Advanced Metal Extractor while funneling T2 cons to allies.
  4. Commit early to an Armageddon nuke silo instead of the later norm.
  5. Finish the silo and start stockpiling toward a nuke on the enemy base.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 106 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 11:28 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 ~1:17, middle half 1:11–1:33

    By 1:00 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · typical 1:17
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 11 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:14, middle half 4:02–4:23
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (33%)

    By 3:14 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:55 · typical 4:14
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:10 · typical 5:31
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine62Wind
    • Energy Converter10Converter
    Order
    1. ArmageddonNuke silo after 76 wind, 13 converter, 5 con turretdone ~12:25, middle half 11:46–13:24
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot3 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: metal storage (41%) · Butler for allies (31%)

    By 10:27 in all: 4 mex · 76 wind · 13 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 218 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    4. Wind
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    11. Wind ×6
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind
    16. GhostGhost
    17. Wind ×10
    18. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    19. Wind ×5
    20. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    21. Wind ×8
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Energy storage
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×4
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×4
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×5
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×2
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×4
    50. Converter
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×4
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×5
    60. Converter
    61. ButlerButler
    62. Wind ×4
    63. ButlerButler
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×5
    66. ButlerButler
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×4
    70. ButlerButler
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. ButlerButler
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Converter
    77. ButlerButler
    78. Wind ×4
    79. ButlerButler
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×5
    83. ButlerButler
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×7
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×8
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 12:19
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×7
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×6
    102. Converter ×2
    103. Wind ×6
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×4
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×6
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×4
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×3
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×3
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×4
    145. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:53
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×5
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Metal storage
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×4
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×5
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×9
    163. Converter ×2
    164. Wind ×8
    165. Converter ×2
    166. Wind ×7
    167. Converter
    168. Con turret
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×6
    171. Converter
    172. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Con turret
    176. Wind ×4
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×5
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×3
    183. Converter
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind ×4
    186. Converter
    187. Wind ×3
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×3
    190. Converter
    191. Wind ×2
    192. Con turret
    193. Wind
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×3
    196. HoundHound
    197. Converter
    198. Wind ×2
    199. HoundHound ×3
    200. SharpshooterSniper botdone 14:39
    201. Wind ×4
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Converter
    205. Wind ×5
    206. Converter
    207. Wind
    208. SharpshooterSniper bot
    209. Converter
    210. Wind ×5
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. Wind ×6
    215. Converter ×2
    216. Wind ×4
    217. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:25
    218. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pentry's (35 OS, 04/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:19 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Beach sea or Geo sea or Airfirst at 4:43 · in 94% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Airfirst at 8:46 · in 31% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:48 · in 81% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard tech

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

108 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard techEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard techOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard tech
1:003833830000
2:009169150000
3:00166116410000
4:00327831510000
5:00490348660000
6:00588158080000
7:00743972320000
8:00930390790000
9:0011510112490000
10:0013945135810000
11:0018113164160000
12:0021138200060000
13:0024031238080000
14:00272852755608858104
15:00308473163656319130204
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won clearly more often than the standard build despite dealing almost no early damage, a scaling eco-and-silo play rather than a fighting one.

  • + Team win rate well above standard (63% vs 53%)
  • + Own metal lost by 15:00 much lower (130 vs 260)
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 far below standard (90 vs 400)
  • − Silo only up, no nuke stockpiled or launched yet
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Pentry

35.1 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
3295 metal received · 156357 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:11–1:33 · n=107
Advanced Bot Lab4:14Middle 50%: 4:02–4:23 · n=106
Advanced Metal Extractor5:31Middle 50%: 5:04–5:59 · n=108
Armageddon12:25Middle 50%: 11:46–13:24 · n=78

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