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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Con turret
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:21 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:01 · typical 5:15
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    2. NettleNettle ×3
    3. SharpshooterSniper botdone 7:06 · 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 · 139 steps
    1. SharpshooterSniper bot
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    3. ArchangelArchangeldone 8:00
    4. NettleNettle
    5. ArchangelArchangel
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. ButlerButler ×5
    10. Wind ×26
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    12. Wind ×11
    13. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:05
    14. Wind ×13
    15. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:10
    16. Wind ×3
    17. FalconFighter
    18. Wind
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. TracerTracer
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. FalconFighter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. FalconFighterfor Air
    28. Wind
    29. Metal storage
    30. Wind
    31. FalconFighter
    32. Converter
    33. FalconFighter
    34. Wind
    35. FalconFighter
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. FalconFighter ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. FalconFighterfor Air
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. FalconFighter
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. FalconFighter
    53. Converter
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. FalconFighter
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Con turret
    63. FalconFighter
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret ×2
    66. FalconFighter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. FalconFighterfor Air
    70. FalconFighter
    71. Wind
    72. FalconFighter
    73. Converter
    74. FalconFighter ×2
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter
    77. Converter
    78. FalconFighter ×2
    79. Wind
    80. FalconFighter ×2
    81. Wind
    82. FalconFighter
    83. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    84. Wind
    85. FalconFighter ×3for Air
    86. Wind
    87. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    88. Wind
    89. FalconFighter
    90. FalconFighterfor Air
    91. Wind
    92. FalconFighter
    93. Wind
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. FalconFighter ×2
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighterfor Air
    101. Wind
    102. FalconFighter
    103. FalconFighterfor Air
    104. Wind
    105. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    106. Wind
    107. FalconFighterfor Air
    108. Wind
    109. FalconFighterfor Air
    110. Wind
    111. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    112. Wind ×2
    113. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    114. Wind
    115. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    116. Wind
    117. FalconFighterfor Air
    118. Wind ×2
    119. FalconFighter ×3for Air
    120. Wind
    121. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    122. Wind
    123. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    124. Wind
    125. FalconFighter ×3
    126. Wind
    127. FalconFighter
    128. Wind
    129. FalconFighter ×2
    130. Wind
    131. FalconFighter
    132. Wind
    133. FalconFighter
    134. Wind
    135. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    136. FalconFighter
    137. Wind
    138. FalconFighter
    139. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Amrissa's (41 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

Amrissa

40.9 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2297 metal received · 187188 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

Played most by

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