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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×4
    13. Converter
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:48 · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Solar ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
  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 · 198 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:31 · typical 5:31
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 8:30
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. ButlerButler ×2
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    11. ButlerButler ×2
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    19. Wind ×5
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×3
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×4
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×4
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×2
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×6
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Converter
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Converter
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:43
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×6
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Converter ×2
    76. Wind ×3
    77. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×7
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×6
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×5
    93. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×6
    97. Converter ×2
    98. Wind ×5
    99. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×5
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×5
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×5
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. Metal storage
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×6
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×4
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:22
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×4
    131. BansheeBanshee
    132. FalconFighter
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. FalconFighter
    136. Wind
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind ×4
    139. Converter
    140. FalconFighter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. FalconFighter
    143. Wind ×3
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. FalconFighter
    147. Wind
    148. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:25
    149. FalconFighter
    150. Wind ×5
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×4
    155. Converter
    156. Con turret
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×5
    160. FalconFighter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. FalconFighter
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. Converter
    167. FalconFighter
    168. BansheeBanshee
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. BansheeBanshee
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. BansheeBanshee
    177. Wind ×3
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. BansheeBanshee
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×2
    183. BansheeBanshee
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Converter
    186. Wind
    187. BansheeBanshee
    188. Wind ×3
    189. Converter
    190. Wind ×6
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×2
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×5
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×2
    197. Converter
    198. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (35 OS, 10/08/2026); 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
3:00166116410000
4:00327831510000
5:00490348660000
6:00588158080000
7:00743972320000
8:00930390790000
9:0011510112490000
10:0013945135810000
11:0018113164160000
12:0021138200060000
13:0024031238080000
14:00272852755608858104
15:00308473163656319130204
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

Thurley

35.4 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units
2637 metal received · 90110 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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