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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · 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. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter ×3
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:50 · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Converter
    2. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 5:03
  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 · 189 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:55 · typical 5:30
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Wind
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind ×7
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    15. Wind ×6
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×4
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×4
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×4
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×3
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×4
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×4
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×7
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×5
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Converter
    41. GhostGhost
    42. Wind ×6
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×2
    45. GhostGhost
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×3
    49. GhostGhost
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×6
    55. PlatypusPlatypus
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×5
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. ButlerButler
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. ButlerButler
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. ArmageddonArmageddondone 13:18 · typical 12:28
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×6
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    91. Wind
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Wind
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. Wind
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. Wind
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. Wind
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Wind
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    105. Wind
    106. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    107. Wind
    108. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    109. Wind
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    111. Wind
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. Wind
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. Wind
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    121. Wind
    122. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    123. Energy storage
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. Wind
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. Energy storage
    130. Wind
    131. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    132. Wind ×4
    133. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    134. Wind ×3
    135. Energy storage
    136. Wind ×4
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Energy storage
    144. Wind
    145. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    146. Wind ×3
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    150. Wind ×4
    151. Converter
    152. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    153. Wind ×4
    154. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×4
    158. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×4
    162. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    163. Wind ×4
    164. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×5
    167. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    168. Wind ×2
    169. Converter
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind ×4
    172. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×4
    176. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    177. Wind ×5
    178. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    179. Wind ×3
    180. Converter
    181. Con turret
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    186. Wind
    187. Converter
    188. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    189. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crouxy's (35 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Crouxy

35.3 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1533 metal received · 51832 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