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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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. Solar
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Energy storage
    9. Solar
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:22 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:01 · typical 5:31
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 · 122 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 6:40
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    26. Wind ×6
    27. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    28. Wind ×2
    29. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×3
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×3
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind ×10
    45. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×3
    48. JunoJuno
    49. Wind ×6
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×9
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×7
    65. Converter
    66. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    67. TracerTracer
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Wind ×6
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×6
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. ArmageddonArmageddondone 13:35 · typical 12:22
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Con turret ×2
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Con turret
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Metal storage
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Con turret ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Con turret
    95. Converter
    96. Con turret
    97. Converter
    98. Solar ×2
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Advanced solar
    102. Wind ×7
    103. Converter ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Hardened Energy Storage
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter ×2
    108. Wind ×3
    109. Converter ×2
    110. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×6
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

zeus_on_god

36.6 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3779 metal received · 63339 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

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