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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind ×5
    10. NettleNettle
    11. Wind
    12. NettleNettle
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:05 · 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
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:55 · typical 5:15
    5. 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 · 26 steps
    1. GhostGhost ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    7. Solar ×2
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. ButlerButler ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. SharpshooterSniper botdone 8:57 · 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 · 213 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. SharpshooterSniper bot
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. SharpshooterSniper bot
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. CompassRadar bot
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. SmugglerJammer bot
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. ArchangelArchangeldone 10:26
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. ButlerButler
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. ButlerButler
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. ButlerButler
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. HoundHound
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Windfor Geo sea
    79. Wind
    80. Windfor Geo sea
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. ButlerButler
    84. Windfor Geo sea
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Windfor Geo sea
    88. Wind
    89. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    90. Windfor Geo sea
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. ButlerButler
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Windfor Geo sea
    97. Converter
    98. Windfor Geo sea
    99. Wind
    100. ButlerButler
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Windfor Geo sea
    104. Converter
    105. ButlerButler
    106. Wind
    107. Windfor Geo sea
    108. Windfor Geo sea
    109. Hardened Energy Storage
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Windfor Geo sea
    112. Wind
    113. Windfor Geo sea
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Windfor Geo sea
    116. Converter ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    119. ButlerButler
    120. Wind
    121. Windfor Geo sea
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×4
    126. Converter
    127. Windfor Geo sea
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Windfor Geo sea
    131. Wind
    132. ButlerButler
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. WelderWelder
    137. Windfor Geo sea
    138. WelderWelder
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter
    141. Windfor Geo sea
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Windfor Geo sea
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Converter
    151. WelderWelder
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×3
    154. TracerTracer
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Converter ×2
    157. Wind ×3
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. WelderWelder
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×4
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×5
    168. Converter ×2
    169. Wind ×4
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. ButlerButler
    175. Wind ×3
    176. ButlerButler
    177. Converter ×2
    178. Wind ×3
    179. ButlerButler
    180. Wind ×3
    181. Converter ×2
    182. Wind
    183. ButlerButler
    184. Wind ×4
    185. ButlerButler
    186. Wind
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. Converter
    190. Wind ×2
    191. ButlerButler
    192. Wind ×3
    193. Converter
    194. Wind
    195. ButlerButler
    196. Wind ×4
    197. Converter
    198. ButlerButler
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Converter
    201. Wind
    202. ButlerButler
    203. Wind ×4
    204. Converter
    205. Wind ×2
    206. ButlerButler
    207. Converter
    208. Wind ×5
    209. ButlerButler
    210. Converter
    211. Wind ×5
    212. ButlerButler
    213. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MADO]ItsNoGood's (46 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

[MADO]ItsNoGood

46.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units
1217 metal received · 175242 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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