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Nuke rush

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

A plan where after the usual T2 rush and mex upgrades, the Tech player commits early to an Armageddon nuke launcher from around 10:28, well ahead of the norm, with the missile aimed at and landing in the enemy base.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (81%)

#nuke #t2 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:31 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Energy storage
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    12. Con turret
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:58 · 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 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:37 · typical 5:31
    3. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 4:55
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
  4. 4

    5:00 to Nuke silo

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine62Wind
    • Energy Converter10Converter
    Order
    1. ArmageddonNuke silo after 76 wind, 13 converter, 5 con turretdone ~12:25, middle half 11:46–13:24
    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%) · Butler for allies (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 108 steps
    1. Wind ×7
    2. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. GunslingerGunslingerfor Suicide frontdone 7:04
    7. Wind ×3
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    14. Wind ×3
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    20. Wind
    21. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    22. Wind
    23. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. SharpshooterSniper bot
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PlatypusPlatypus
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. PlatypusPlatypus
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. PlatypusPlatypus
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PlatypusPlatypus
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. PlatypusPlatypus
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter
    65. PlatypusPlatypus
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. PlatypusPlatypus
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. PlatypusPlatypus
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter ×2
    77. SharpshooterSniper bot
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter ×2
    86. SharpshooterSniper bot
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:36
    91. Wind
    92. Converter ×2
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×5
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×12
    106. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:25
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is maccommander's (40 OS, 05/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:19 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Beach sea or Geo sea or Airfirst at 4:43 · in 94% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Airfirst at 8:46 · in 31% 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
3:00166116420000
4:00327831510000
5:00490348660000
6:00588158080000
7:00743972300000
8:00930390700000
9:0011510112490000
10:0013945135790000
11:0018113164090000
12:0021138199730000
13:0024031237850000
14:00272852755409058104
15:00308473161756323130204
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

maccommander

39.5 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2486 metal received · 94518 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
Armageddon12:25Middle 50%: 11:46–13:24 · n=78

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