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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 · 96 distinct matches · 36 players · 7% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 97 · 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 10:29

Where those units first fight, in 19 games with kill data: in the enemy base 95%, in the middle 5%.

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 96 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 1:11–1:31

    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 4:02–4:25
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Energy storage
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:47 · 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 (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:39 · typical 5:30
    7. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine61Wind
    • Energy Converter10Converter
    Order
    1. ArmageddonNuke silo after 76 wind, 13 converter, 5 con turretdone ~12:28, middle half 11:51–13:23
    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 (45%)

    By 10:24 in all: 4 mex · 76 wind · 13 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 127 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    8. Converter
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Con turret
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×4
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Con turret
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×5
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    25. Wind ×3
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Wind ×6
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind
    45. Energy storage
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. Metal storage
    55. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter ×2
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Energy storage
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. ArmageddonArmageddondone 13:25 · typical 12:28
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Converter ×4
    105. Con turret ×2
    106. Wind ×3
    107. Con turret
    108. Converter
    109. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    110. Converter
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×6
    113. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:38
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Converter ×3
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Converter ×2
    123. Wind ×6
    124. Converter ×2
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    127. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (49 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:18 · in 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Beach sea or Geo sea or Airfirst at 4:40 · in 93% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:46 · in 79% 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

97 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
3:00166016350000
4:00326731480000
5:00490548630000
6:00587758070000
7:00746572200000
8:00934990610000
9:0011561112470000
10:0013962135530000
11:0018168163420000
12:0021155198500000
13:0024042236440000
14:002730327360012568130
15:00308593147373385130260
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

Erilium

48.9 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1670 metal received · 53616 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:16Middle 50%: 1:11–1:31 · n=96
Advanced Bot Lab4:14Middle 50%: 4:02–4:25 · n=95
Advanced Metal Extractor5:30Middle 50%: 5:04–6:06 · n=97
Armageddon12:28Middle 50%: 11:51–13:23 · n=71

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