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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (55 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

55.0 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

63 received units · includes a constructor
4 metal received · 54 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

Crouxy12games of this buildAmrissa10games of this buildAriah8games of this buildTeaner8games of this buildPlatinumBlonde7games of this build