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Sharpshooter snipers

Geo pushes to an Advanced Bot Lab and fields Sharpshooter snipers from 8:17 with Smuggler and Welder support, but units mostly fight defensively on the team's own side rather than advancing.

#t2 · 16 distinct matches · 11 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 38% of 16 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SharpshooterT2 bot snipers from 8:17 · 3% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Bot Lab. Only 3% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 9:11
  • Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab in 100%7% of all Geo games by then
  • SmugglerJammer bot in 81%2% of all Geo games by then
  • WelderWelder in 50%3% of all Geo games by then
  • SharpshooterSniper bot in 44%1% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 16 games with kill data: in the middle 69%, on their own side 31%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,708 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Welder (16% of army), blitz (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Bot Lab by 7:19

  1. Open mex and wind, get Bot Lab and geothermal up fast.
  2. Rush Advanced Bot Lab well ahead of the usual T2 vehicle timing.
  3. Push Sharpshooter sniper bots to snipe at the middle.
  4. Add jammer bot support alongside the sniper push.
  5. Transition into Welder T2 bot riot for the standard follow-up.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 16 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:18 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 ~1:08, middle half 0:54–1:20

    By 0:52 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · typical 1:08
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter7Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 7 wind, 1 energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret4 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Solar
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. Solar
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    12. Mex
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:57 · typical 3:24
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
  3. 3

    5:00 to Advanced Bot Lab

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 7 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretin 50% of games
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 9 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:45, middle half 5:25–8:50

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (50%) · converter (44%) · wind (38%) · energy storage (31%)

    By 6:41 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:56 · typical 5:44
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:26 · typical 8:10
    6. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:31
    7. Converter ×2
    8. StormbringerBomber
    9. Converter
    10. StormbringerBomber
    11. Converter
    12. StormbringerBomber
    13. Converter
    14. StormbringerBomber
    15. Converter
    16. StormbringerBomber ×4
    17. Converter
    18. StormbringerBomber ×2
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. StormbringerBomber
    21. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:53 · typical 7:45
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to T2 bot snipers

    Order
    1. SharpshooterT2 bot snipers after 12 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turretdone ~8:27, middle half 7:44–9:14

    By 8:14 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. SharpshooterSniper botdone 9:05 · typical 8:27
  5. 5

    T2 bot snipers to 10:00

    Army
    • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot +2 vs standard

    Some games also: T2 con bot for allies (44%) · wind (44%) · jammer bot (44%) · radar bot (38%) · Welder (31%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 wind

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 24 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter (standard 16) · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 136 steps
    1. SharpshooterSniper bot
    2. WelderWelder ×7
    3. SmugglerJammer bot
    4. CompassRadar bot
    5. WelderWelder ×3
    6. ButlerButler ×6
    7. Converter
    8. SharpshooterSniper bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. SharpshooterSniper bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Converter
    19. SharpshooterSniper bot
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. SharpshooterSniper bot
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. SharpshooterSniper bot
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. SprinterSprinter
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×2
    39. SprinterSprinter
    40. Converter
    41. SprinterSprinter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. SprinterSprinter ×2
    44. Wind
    45. SprinterSprinter
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. SprinterSprinter ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:03
    51. SprinterSprinter
    52. Con turret
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. SprinterSprinter
    57. Con turret
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind ×2
    60. SprinterSprinter
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. SprinterSprinter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. SprinterSprinter
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. SprinterSprinter
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. SprinterSprinter
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. SprinterSprinter
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. SprinterSprinter
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. SprinterSprinter
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. SprinterSprinter
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×2
    97. SprinterSprinter
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Converter
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind ×2
    110. BlitzBlitz ×3
    111. CompassRadar bot
    112. Wind ×2
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. SmugglerJammer bot
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz ×2
    121. SprinterSprinter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. SprinterSprinter
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. SprinterSprinter
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. SprinterSprinter
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. SprinterSprinter
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Converter
    134. SprinterSprinter
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. SprinterSprinter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is mnt's (36 OS, 24/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach sea or Suicide frontfirst at 2:14 · in 69% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Airfirst at 2:21 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot2 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Front or Airfirst at 8:02 · in 69% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:56 · in 44% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:56 · in 69% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

16 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003503330000
2:008438250000
3:00149915230000
4:00270227000000
5:00383337260000
6:00558057290000
7:0075288130320690
8:0098271145932017621
9:00131701448914751245130
10:001621617405908565320280
11:001944220377201120741470790
12:0021522233053344394018711940
13:0024930260624689596130053304
14:0027816289884885832138224785
15:00314443149764801017250146196
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This sniper rush for Geo won less often than the standard build and destroyed less enemy metal by 15:00 despite matching production.

  • + Metal produced by 10:00 was 16366 vs 17376, nearly matching the standard.
  • + Own metal lost by 10:00 was 283 vs 334, slightly safer than normal.
  • − Team won only 35% of games vs 53% for the standard build.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 was 6983 vs 9875, well below the norm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

mnt

36.2 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
506 metal received · 161666 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:08Middle 50%: 0:54–1:20 · n=16
Geothermal Powerplant3:24Middle 50%: 3:10–3:52 · n=14
Advanced Metal Extractor5:44Middle 50%: 5:25–6:04 · n=16
Advanced Bot Lab7:45Middle 50%: 5:25–8:50 · n=16
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant8:10Middle 50%: 7:10–8:30 · n=11
Sharpshooter8:27Middle 50%: 7:44–9:14 · n=16

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