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Rattlesnake defence

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard T2 eco build that adds an early Rattlesnake-led defensive artillery line around 8:57-11:10 at the middle, with notable pressure beforehand and later base losses.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (74%)

#defence #artillery · 62 distinct matches · 32 players · 2% of Armada Tech games · team won 40% of 62 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • RattlesnakeEarly defence from 8:57 · 3% of role by thenOnly 3% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:15

Started with Rattlesnake (98%), Keeper (2%).

Where those units first fight, in 41 games with kill data: in the middle 85%, on their own side 15%.

Those units destroy a typical 495 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Rattlesnake out by 11:00

  1. Open standard T2 rush with Bot Lab and early mex.
  2. Finish Advanced Bot Lab on the usual T2 timing.
  3. Upgrade mex while team pressure builds up front.
  4. Push out Rattlesnake pop-up arty early to hold middle.
  5. Keep supplying T2 cons and anti-nuke to the team.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 62 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:58 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 1:10–1:29

    By 0:59 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 1:16
  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, 12 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:12, middle half 3:58–4:30
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (39%)

    By 3:16 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Con turret
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Con turret
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:56 · typical 4:12
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 16 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:00 · typical 5:11
    7. Converter ×3
  4. 4

    5:00 to Early defence

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine23Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Order
    1. RattlesnakeEarly defence after 4 mex, 40 wind, 6 converterdone ~11:10, middle half 9:48–11:36
    Builders
    • Butler5 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot2 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (32%)

    By 8:57 in all: 4 mex · 40 wind · 6 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 66 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    11. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 6:42
    12. Wind ×9
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    14. Wind ×3
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×9
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×2
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Converter
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter ×2
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter ×3
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. KeeperKeepernot finished by 15:00
  5. 5

    Early defence to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine158Wind
    • Energy Converter36Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Lab in 61% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret −3 vs standard
    • Butler5 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: metal storage (48%) · fusion (45%) · T2 con bot for allies (44%) · anti-nuke (31%) · Rattlesnake (31%)

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 203 wind · 45 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret (standard 10)

    The example game in this phase · 154 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. JunoJuno
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. GhostGhost
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. GhostGhost
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PlatypusPlatypus
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. PlatypusPlatypus
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. PlatypusPlatypus
    33. Converter ×2
    34. PlatypusPlatypus
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. PlatypusPlatypus
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. PlatypusPlatypus
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. PlatypusPlatypus
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PlatypusPlatypus
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PlatypusPlatypus
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Con turret
    57. PlatypusPlatypus
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Con turret
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. PlatypusPlatypus
    63. Converter ×2
    64. PlatypusPlatypus
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PlatypusPlatypus
    67. Wind
    68. PlatypusPlatypus
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. PlatypusPlatypus
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. PlatypusPlatypus
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. PlatypusPlatypus
    80. Wind
    81. Converter ×2
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PlatypusPlatypus
    85. Converter ×2
    86. PlatypusPlatypus
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PlatypusPlatypus
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. PlatypusPlatypus
    95. Converter
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. PlatypusPlatypus
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Converter
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    107. Wind ×2
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. Converter
    110. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    113. Wind ×2
    114. UmbrellaAnti-nuke
    115. Converter
    116. TracerTracer
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. PlatypusPlatypus
    123. Wind ×2
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. PlatypusPlatypus
    128. Wind
    129. PlatypusPlatypus
    130. Wind
    131. Converter ×2
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. PlatypusPlatypus
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. PlatypusPlatypus
    148. Converter ×2
    149. PlatypusPlatypus
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter ×2
    152. Wind ×4
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 77% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Geo sea or Air or Pondfirst at 5:00 · in 100% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Geofirst at 8:23 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules2 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:03 · in 85% 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

01k2k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

62 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
3:00167616510000
4:00320731430000
5:00487148480000
6:00600658000000
7:00765372270000
8:00957690610000
9:0011819111690000
10:0014468135020000
11:00170461623953000
12:002015019652202000
13:002412123441575000
14:00281302735792405974
15:003271031538155085128130
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Roughly matched the standard build's win rate while destroying far more enemy metal for fewer losses by 15:00.

  • + Own metal lost at 15:00 much lower than standard (130 vs 196).
  • + Enemy metal destroyed more than triples standard by 15:00 (872 vs 262).
  • − Rattlesnake arrives far later than role's usual tempo (11:13 vs role norm near 3% doing this at all).
  • − Team win rate close to standard, so no clear edge from the switch.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

37.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2217 metal received · 161117 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:16Middle 50%: 1:10–1:29 · n=62
Advanced Bot Lab4:12Middle 50%: 3:58–4:30 · n=62
Advanced Metal Extractor5:11Middle 50%: 4:59–5:27 · n=62
Rattlesnake11:10Middle 50%: 9:48–11:36 · n=53

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