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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:47 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:14 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:48 · typical 5:30
    4. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:30
  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 · 125 steps
    1. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    2. Wind
    3. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:48
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. StorkLight transport
    10. Wind
    11. StorkLight transport
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. BlinkScout plane
    14. Wind
    15. BlinkScout plane
    16. Wind
    17. BlinkScout plane
    18. Wind
    19. SmugglerJammer botfor Pond
    20. Wind
    21. GhostGhost
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    35. Wind ×3
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×2
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    43. Wind ×7
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×3
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind ×12
    48. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:52
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×5
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×7
    58. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    59. Metal storage
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×9
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:26
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    69. Wind ×5
    70. NettleNettle
    71. Wind ×3
    72. NettleNettle
    73. Wind
    74. NettleNettle
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. NettleNettle
    79. Wind ×4
    80. NettleNettle
    81. Wind ×7
    82. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Suicide front
    83. NettleNettle
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter
    86. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    87. Wind ×8
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 12:31
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×6
    96. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×6
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×6
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×4
    105. Converter
    106. AbductorAbductor
    107. Wind ×5
    108. AbductorAbductor
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×8
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:28
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×4
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×5
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×7
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×23

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (43 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

UsurpeR

43.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
3053 metal received · 103486 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

Played most by

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