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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:17 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Energy storage
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:10 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:27 · typical 5:31
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 94 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. ButlerButler
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    11. ButlerButler ×2
    12. Wind ×2
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    16. Wind ×6
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×4
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind
    23. Energy storage
    24. Wind ×5
    25. Energy storage
    26. Wind ×8
    27. GhostGhost
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×4
    34. Con turret
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret ×2
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Metal storage
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. ArmageddonArmageddondone 12:44 · typical 12:22
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×57
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×5
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×5
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×5
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×5
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×6
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×5
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×6
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:15
    81. Wind ×4
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter ×3
    91. T2 converter
    92. Converter ×3
    93. T2 converter
    94. Converter ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is The_Dwarf's (39 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

The_Dwarf

39.3 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3207 metal received · 59658 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

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