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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
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:38 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Energy storage
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:25 · 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. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:04 · typical 5:30
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
  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 · 174 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo sea
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    5. ButlerButler ×4
    6. Windfor Geo sea
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Windfor Geo sea
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. Windfor Geo sea
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind
    14. Windfor Geo sea
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. Windfor Geo sea
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Windfor Geo sea
    21. Wind
    22. Windfor Geo sea
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. Windfor Geo sea
    27. SharpshooterSniper botdone 9:13
    28. Wind
    29. Windfor Geo sea
    30. Wind
    31. Windfor Geo sea
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Windfor Geo sea
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Windfor Geo sea
    37. Con turret
    38. Windfor Geo sea
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Windfor Geo sea
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Windfor Geo sea
    46. Con turret
    47. Windfor Geo sea
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. PlatypusPlatypus
    51. Windfor Geo sea
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Windfor Geo sea
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Windfor Geo sea
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Windfor Geo sea
    65. Wind
    66. PlatypusPlatypus
    67. Wind
    68. Windfor Geo sea
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Windfor Geo sea
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Windfor Geo sea
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Windfor Geo sea
    80. Con turret
    81. PlatypusPlatypus
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×6
    89. Converter
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind ×3
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Wind ×7
    94. Converter
    95. PlatypusPlatypus
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Converter
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. Converter
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Converter
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:20
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Converter
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Converter ×2
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. Converter
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. Converter ×2
    112. PlatypusPlatypus
    113. Converter ×2
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Converter ×2
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. TracerTracer
    118. Converter ×4
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter
    129. Metal storage
    130. Wind ×3
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×3
    133. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:28
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×3
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×4
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×4
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×3
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×3
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×4
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×4
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×4
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×3
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×4
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×3
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Amrissa's (39 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

Amrissa

39.3 OS · 20/09/2026

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1 received units
2297 metal received · 215062 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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