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Nuke rush

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

After the standard T2 rush, commits to an early Armageddon nuclear launcher around 10:30-12:28, hitting the enemy base directly in nearly all games as a forward plan rather than defence.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (76%)

#nuke #t2 · 174 distinct matches · 61 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 177 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ArmageddonArmageddon from 10:29 · 5% of role by thenOnly 5% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:39

Where those units first fight, in 31 games with kill data: in the enemy base 97%.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Armageddon up by 10:28

  1. Open fast Bot Lab into Advanced Bot Lab as usual for Tech.
  2. Get Advanced Bot Lab done to keep pace with normal T2 rush.
  3. Upgrade mex to feed the coming nuke project.
  4. Commit to an Armageddon far earlier than the usual 12:23 norm.
  5. Stockpile the nuke silo while still feeding allies T2 cons.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 174 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 11:30 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 ~1:17, middle half 1:12–1:32

    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 1:17
  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 ~4:15, middle half 4:02–4:31
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (35%)

    By 3:17 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Solar
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CrossbowCrossbowfor Geo sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Energy storage
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:35 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 16 wind · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Con turret ×3
    2. LazarusLazarusfor Geo sea
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 4:54
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    7. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine63Wind
    • Energy Converter10Converter
    Order
    1. ArmageddonNuke silo after 80 wind, 12 converter, 5 con turretdone ~12:27, middle half 11:58–13:30
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: metal storage (38%) · Ghost (33%) · Butler for allies (31%)

    By 10:29 in all: 4 mex · 80 wind · 12 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret (standard 3)

    The example game in this phase · 148 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:42
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:03 · typical 5:35
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    23. Energy storage
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×10
    28. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    31. Wind ×2
    32. ButlerButler ×2for Geo sea
    33. Wind
    34. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    37. Wind ×6
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×2
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×2
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind ×3
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×5
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×5
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. GhostGhost
    66. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Solar ×3
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Solar
    75. Wind
    76. Solar
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Solar
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    88. Wind
    89. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. UmbrellaAnti-nuke
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. TracerTracer
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×4
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:40
    123. Wind ×2
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×4
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. GhostGhost
    131. Wind ×3
    132. Converter
    133. GhostGhost
    134. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:27
    135. Wind ×4
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×3
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:20 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Geo sea or Air or Beach seafirst at 4:49 · in 95% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 8:45 · in 31% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:54 · in 81% 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

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

177 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
1:003823830000
2:009169150000
3:00165116520000
4:00320131440000
5:00486848480000
6:00588457990000
7:00744072270000
8:00930790650000
9:0011580111800000
10:0014051135200000
11:0018084162420000
12:0021154196520000
13:00240822343000210
14:002730327286008074
15:00307463150343108130130
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Wins far more often than standard despite almost no early kills, showing the nuke threat itself reshapes the game.

  • + Team win rate 67% vs 53% standard.
  • + Own metal lost stays minimal (130 vs 198 by 15:00).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 is near zero (67 vs 266 standard).
  • − Delays the usual Fusion and anti-nuke items that 43-44% of role games hit.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

38.0 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2898 metal received · 204940 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:12–1:32 · n=176
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:02–4:31 · n=173
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:04–6:03 · n=177
Armageddon12:27Middle 50%: 11:58–13:30 · n=125

Played most by

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