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Nuke rush

After the usual T2 rush, Tech commits early to an Armageddon nuke silo from around 10:24, well ahead of the norm, aiming it at the enemy base while still supplying T2 to the team.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (80%)

#nuke #t2 #team support · 101 distinct matches · 37 players · 7% of Armada Tech games · team won 65% of 102 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ArmageddonArmageddon from 10:24 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:30

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 101 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 11:24 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 ~1:16, middle half 1:11–1:29

    By 1:00 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · typical 1:16
  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 (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:12 · 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 (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:54
  4. 4

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine61Wind
    • Energy Converter10Converter
    Order
    1. ArmageddonNuke silo after 76 wind, 13 converter, 5 con turretdone ~12:22, middle half 11:38–13:23
    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 (43%)

    By 10:23 in all: 4 mex · 76 wind · 13 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (36 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:18 · in 83% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Beach sea or Air or Geo seafirst at 4:40 · in 93% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:46 · in 80% 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

102 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
3:00166016410000
4:00325831500000
5:00490648640000
6:00589158130000
7:00746672460000
8:00935391050000
9:0011571112640000
10:0013965135850000
11:0018273164120000
12:0021203200060000
13:0024043237300000
14:002732427484011058130
15:00309363153573348130260
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

Lexosis

36.4 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2018 metal received · 75329 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:16Middle 50%: 1:11–1:29 · n=101
Advanced Bot Lab4:14Middle 50%: 4:02–4:23 · n=100
Advanced Metal Extractor5:31Middle 50%: 5:05–6:03 · n=102
Armageddon12:22Middle 50%: 11:38–13:23 · n=75

Played most by

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