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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:39 · 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 (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:14 · 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 ~12:25, 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 · 189 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    3. Wind ×4
    4. ButlerButler
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Wind ×3
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Wind ×4
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind ×2
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×4
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Con turret
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    54. Wind ×5
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×4
    63. Converter
    64. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 10:44
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×4
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×8
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Metal storage
    95. Wind ×6
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. TracerTracer
    99. Wind ×5
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×7
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×7
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×5
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:19
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×7
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×6
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×8
    116. ArmageddonArmageddondone 13:42 · typical 12:25
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×8
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×6
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:52
    124. Converter
    125. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:58
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind ×2
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Converter
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind ×2
    136. TickTick ×7
    137. Wind ×4
    138. TickTick ×7
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Con turret
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind ×2
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind ×2
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind ×3
    156. Con turret
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Wind ×3
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind
    175. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:55
    176. PawnPawn ×2
    177. Wind ×2
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Wind
    183. PawnPawn
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is No_Air's (36 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

No_Air

36.1 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2114 metal received · 60378 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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