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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Solar ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:18 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Wind
    5. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:03
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:27 · typical 5:30
    8. Wind ×2
  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 · 216 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    7. ButlerButler ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    11. ButlerButler
    12. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. ArmageddonArmageddondone 13:44 · typical 12:28
    22. Wind
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×5
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×18
    35. Solar
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Solar
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Solar
    40. Wind ×10
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×7
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×8
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×9
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×9
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×10
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Medium MineMedium Mine
    56. Wind ×3
    57. SentrySentry
    58. StarlightStarlightdone 12:52
    59. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:35
    60. Wind
    61. Medium MineMedium Mine
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Medium MineMedium Mine
    69. Wind
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Medium MineMedium Mine
    75. Wind ×3
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. Converter ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. Medium MineMedium Mine
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Medium MineMedium Mine
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Medium MineMedium Mine
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. Medium MineMedium Mine
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. Medium MineMedium Mine
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×3
    133. Wind ×2
    134. TickTick ×3
    135. Medium MineMedium Mine
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick ×3
    138. Wind ×2
    139. JaguarJaguar
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. TickTick
    144. Medium MineMedium Mine
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. Wind
    147. JaguarJaguar
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind ×3
    151. TickTick
    152. Medium MineMedium Mine
    153. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind ×5
    157. TickTick
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Medium MineMedium Mine
    161. Converter
    162. TickTick
    163. JaguarJaguar
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. JaguarJaguar
    170. Medium MineMedium Mine
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind ×2
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. JaguarJaguar
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:47
    178. TickTick
    179. Medium MineMedium Mine
    180. JaguarJaguar
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind ×2
    183. TickTick
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. TickTick
    187. JaguarJaguar
    188. TickTick
    189. Medium MineMedium Mine
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. JaguarJaguar
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick
    195. Con turret
    196. Wind
    197. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
    198. Wind
    199. JaguarJaguar
    200. Con turret
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind
    203. PlatypusPlatypus
    204. Medium MineMedium Mine
    205. Wind ×3
    206. PlatypusPlatypus
    207. TickTick
    208. Converter
    209. Wind
    210. JaguarJaguar
    211. Wind
    212. Medium MineMedium Mine
    213. PlatypusPlatypus
    214. TickTick
    215. Con turret
    216. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (56 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

PlatinumBlonde

55.9 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

126 received units · includes a constructor
4464 metal received · 81946 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

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