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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Energy storage
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:39 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:18 · typical 5:30
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. 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 · 160 steps
    1. SprinterSprinter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    15. ButlerButler ×3
    16. Wind
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×5
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Converter
    32. ArmageddonArmageddondone 12:09 · typical 12:28
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. GhostGhostfor Suicide front
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Con turret
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×4
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×5
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×4
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×4
    99. Energy storage
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Energy storage
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:23
    108. Wind ×5
    109. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    110. Wind ×3
    111. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    112. Wind ×3
    113. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    114. Wind ×3
    115. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    116. Wind ×3
    117. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    118. Wind ×4
    119. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    120. Wind ×3
    121. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    122. Wind ×5
    123. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    124. Wind ×3
    125. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    126. Wind ×5
    127. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    128. Wind ×3
    129. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    130. Wind ×4
    131. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    132. Wind ×2
    133. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    134. Wind ×5
    135. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    136. Wind ×3
    137. StormbringerBomberfor Geo
    138. Wind ×22
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind ×3
    148. Con turret
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Con turret
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×4
    154. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×4
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (57 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

PlatinumBlonde

56.8 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1422 metal received · 52877 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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