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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 ×2
    3. Solar
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×4
    3. LazarusLazarus ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:02 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:16 · typical 5:30
    8. Wind ×6
  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 · 134 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind ×6
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Con turret
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. ButlerButler ×2
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×3
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×5
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ArmageddonArmageddondone 11:19 · typical 12:28
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Metal storage
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Energy storage
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:35
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×4
    75. StorkLight transport
    76. Wind ×4
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×8
    79. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    80. Wind ×8
    81. Solar
    82. Wind ×8
    83. Solar
    84. Wind ×5
    85. Solar
    86. Wind
    87. Solar
    88. Wind
    89. Solar
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Solar
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Solar
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Solar
    96. Wind ×5
    97. Solar
    98. Wind ×6
    99. BlinkScout plane
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BlinkScout plane
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlinkScout plane
    104. Solar
    105. Wind ×2
    106. BlinkScout plane
    107. Wind ×3
    108. BlinkScout plane
    109. Wind
    110. BlinkScout plane
    111. Wind
    112. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    113. Wind
    114. BlinkScout plane
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Con turret
    117. BlinkScout plane
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind ×2
    121. BlinkScout plane
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Con turret ×2
    126. BlinkScout plane
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Con turret
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Con turret ×2
    134. Solar ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is armjanus's (40 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

armjanus

40.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1760 metal received · 63510 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

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