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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:32 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:33 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×6
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:31 · typical 5:15
  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. CompassRadar bot
    2. SmugglerJammer bot
    3. SharpshooterSniper botdone 6:15 · 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 · 166 steps
    1. Metal storage
    2. SharpshooterSniper bot
    3. ButlerButler
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Windfor Suicide front
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Windfor Suicide front
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Con turret
    17. Windfor Suicide front
    18. Mex
    19. LazarusLazarus ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Windfor Suicide front
    23. PawnPawn
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. ButlerButler ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    39. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    42. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:25
    47. Wind ×3
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind ×6
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. ButlerButler
    53. Wind ×6
    54. ButlerButler ×2
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Wind
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 12:58
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:43
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. StormbringerBomber
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Con turret
    113. StormbringerBomber
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. StormbringerBomber
    117. Wind
    118. StormbringerBomber
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. StormbringerBomber
    122. Wind
    123. StormbringerBomber
    124. Wind
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. StormbringerBomber
    129. Wind
    130. StormbringerBomber
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. StormbringerBomber
    134. Wind
    135. StormbringerBomber
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. StormbringerBomber
    139. Wind
    140. StormbringerBomber
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. StormbringerBomber
    144. Wind
    145. StormbringerBomber
    146. Wind ×2
    147. Converter
    148. StormbringerBomber
    149. Wind
    150. StormbringerBomber
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. StormbringerBomber
    156. Wind
    157. StormbringerBomber
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. StormbringerBomber
    161. FalconFighter
    162. Wind
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is IMBALANCED's (41 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

IMBALANCED

41.5 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
2861 metal received · 173840 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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