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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:37 · 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 bot
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Con turret
    4. TickTick
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. 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 · 5 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:00 · typical 5:30
    5. 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 ~12:28, 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 · 141 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    3. GunslingerGunslingerdone 6:19
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. ButlerButler ×3
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    8. Wind ×6
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Con turret
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Solar
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Solar
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Solar
    20. Wind
    21. Solar
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Solar
    25. Wind ×5
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Solar
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind ×5
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind ×13
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Solar
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Metal storage
    53. Wind
    54. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:50
    55. Converter ×5
    56. TracerTracer
    57. Converter ×3
    58. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:12
    59. Converter ×3
    60. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:15
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:28
    66. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Converter
    81. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×5
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×3
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter ×2
    141. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Amrissa's (41 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

40.8 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2078 metal received · 75328 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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