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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 1:11 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:12 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:31 · typical 5:30
    5. Wind
  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 · 115 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler ×2
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler ×2
    17. Wind
    18. ArmageddonArmageddondone 11:15 · typical 12:28
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Energy storage
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Converter
    69. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:37
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Solar
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Solar
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Solar
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Solar
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Solar
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Solar
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Solar
    89. Wind
    90. Solar
    91. Wind ×22
    92. Solar
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Solar
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Solar
    97. Wind ×12
    98. Fusion ReactorFusion
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×6
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×4
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×6
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (55 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

55.0 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
3 metal received · 294 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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