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Sharpshooter snipers

Tech adds early T2 Sharpshooter snipers around 8:09-8:52 alongside its usual T2 supply role to support the front.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (82%)

#t2 · 50 distinct matches · 25 players · 4% of Armada Tech games · team won 24% of 51 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SharpshooterT2 bot snipers from 8:09 · 7% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Bot Lab. Only 7% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:52

Where those units first fight, in 49 games with kill data: in the middle 51%, on their own side 49%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,380 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into anti-nuke (14% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Sharpshooter by 8:07

  1. Open 3 mex into wind and a bot lab like normal eco start.
  2. Get Advanced Bot Lab up on schedule instead of skipping it.
  3. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor to fund the T2 pivot.
  4. Push Sharpshooter sniper bots to middle instead of just feeding team T2.
  5. Add anti-nuke and keep sniper bots as the core army.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 50 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:09 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 ~1:17, middle half 1:12–1:33

    By 1:00 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 1:17
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine9Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 13 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:16, middle half 4:08–4:28
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 3:23 in all: 4 mex · 13 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:12 · typical 4:16
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:15 · typical 5:15
    6. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to T2 bot snipers

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Order
    1. SharpshooterT2 bot snipers after 4 mex, 26 wind, 4 converterdone ~8:34, middle half 7:16–9:37
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot3 T2 con bot for allies
    • Butler3 Butler

    Some games also: converter (43%) · T2 con bot (31%)

    By 8:09 in all: 4 mex · 26 wind · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    13. ButlerButler ×2
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. SharpshooterSniper botdone 7:57 · typical 8:34
  5. 5

    T2 bot snipers to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine15Wind−15 vs standard
    Army
    • Sharpshooter1 Sniper bot

    Some games also: Butler (47%) · T2 con bot for allies (39%) · converter (39%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 converter · 5 Butler

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 48 wind · 6 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 148 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×5
    4. SharpshooterSniper bot
    5. Wind ×11
    6. GunslingerGunslingernot finished by 15:00
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. Wind ×5
    10. GunslingerGunslingerfor Pond
    11. Wind ×7
    12. CompassRadar bot
    13. Wind ×6
    14. Con turret
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×9
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:15
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. T2 converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×5
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:29
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×5
    87. Converter
    88. TracerTracer
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Fusion ReactorFusion
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Metal storage
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. T2 converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:14
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:20
    113. Converter
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Converter
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz ×3
    123. Converter
    124. BlitzBlitz ×6
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz ×6
    127. Converter
    128. BlitzBlitz ×5
    129. Converter
    130. BlitzBlitz ×7
    131. Converter
    132. BlitzBlitz ×8
    133. Converter
    134. BlitzBlitz ×3
    135. Converter
    136. BlitzBlitz ×3
    137. Converter
    138. BlitzBlitz ×8
    139. Converter
    140. BlitzBlitz ×7
    141. Converter
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. T2 converter
    144. BlitzBlitz ×4
    145. Converter
    146. BlitzBlitz ×6
    147. Converter
    148. BlitzBlitz ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is The_Dwarf's (39 OS, 26/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Geo sea or Geo or Pondfirst at 4:59 · in 100% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach seafirst at 10:36 · in 45% of games

You get

  • Hercules2 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:14 · in 90% 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

01k2k3k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05001k1.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

51 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
2:009119150000
3:00157716350000
4:00316031480000
5:00488448630000
6:00592058070000
7:00750872200000
8:00931090610000
9:0011440112470000
10:001360913553220000
11:0016182163426100740
12:001892619850105002700
13:002212823644167006800
14:0024975273601978125810130
15:00284253147325713851360260
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won far less than the standard build despite destroying much more metal, and lost heavily doing it.

  • + Destroyed 2580 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 400 for the standard build.
  • − Lost 1407 own metal by 15:00 vs 260 standard, and team win rate dropped to 21% from 53%.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

The_Dwarf

39.3 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
6079 metal received · 89523 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:12–1:33 · n=51
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:08–4:28 · n=51
Advanced Metal Extractor5:15Middle 50%: 4:56–5:36 · n=51
Sharpshooter8:34Middle 50%: 7:16–9:37 · n=51

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