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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:49 · 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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:37 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Wind ×8
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. 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 · 129 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:13 · typical 5:30
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    12. Wind
    13. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Suicide frontdone 9:54
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    19. Wind ×2
    20. ButlerButler ×3
    21. Wind
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. ButlerButler
    25. NettleNettle
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. NettleNettle
    29. ButlerButler
    30. NettleNettle
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    38. Wind ×3
    39. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 12:26
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×5
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×4
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. TracerTracer
    62. Wind
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Wind ×2
    65. VeilVeil
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×5
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Con turret
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×5
    75. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Metal storage
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. ArmageddonArmageddonnot finished by 15:00 · typical 12:28
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×5
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. NettleNettle
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. SentrySentry
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:32
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind ×2
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. GruntGrunt ×2
    116. Wind ×2
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Wind
    125. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind ×2
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (44 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

EpicTyrannus

43.7 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

100 received units · includes a constructor
1242 metal received · 77263 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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