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Nuke rush

After the usual T2 rush, commits early to an Armageddon nuke launcher from around 10:30, landing it in the enemy base while still supplying team T2.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (81%)

#t2 #nuke #eco · 106 distinct matches · 39 players · 7% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 108 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • ArmageddonArmageddon from 10:28 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:33

Where those units first fight, in 22 games with kill data: in the enemy base 95%.

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 106 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 11:28 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 1:11–1:33

    By 1:00 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:50 · 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 ~4:14, middle half 4:02–4:23
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (33%)

    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
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Con turret
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×3
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind ×8
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:04 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:07
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:41 · typical 5:31
  4. 4

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine62Wind
    • Energy Converter10Converter
    Order
    1. ArmageddonNuke silo after 76 wind, 13 converter, 5 con turretdone ~12:22, middle half 11:47–13:23
    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 (41%)

    By 10:27 in all: 4 mex · 76 wind · 13 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crouxy's (35 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:18 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Beach sea or Air or Geo seafirst at 4:41 · in 94% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:48 · 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

108 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
3:00166516440000
4:00326931520000
5:00490348660000
6:00589158110000
7:00745372330000
8:00932890790000
9:0011559112530000
10:0013960135840000
11:0018192164160000
12:0021155199880000
13:0024043237750000
14:00273242754909051108
15:00309363161647324130206
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

Crouxy

35.1 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
3958 metal received · 210859 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:11–1:33 · n=107
Advanced Bot Lab4:14Middle 50%: 4:02–4:23 · n=106
Advanced Metal Extractor5:31Middle 50%: 5:04–5:59 · n=108
Armageddon12:22Middle 50%: 11:47–13:23 · n=79

Played most by

Crouxy14games of this buildAmrissa10games of this buildTeaner10games of this buildAriah9games of this buildPlatinumBlonde7games of this build