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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 ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:42 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:19 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:57 · typical 5:15
    5. Wind
    6. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:11 · typical 8:34
    7. 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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SmugglerJammer botfor Pond
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Converter ×4
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Converter
    10. Con turret
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    13. ButlerButler
    14. ButlerButler ×2for Suicide front
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Converter ×8
    18. SharpshooterSniper botdone 8:39
  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 · 216 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Windfor Suicide front
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. Wind
    6. Windfor Suicide front
    7. Wind
    8. SharpshooterSniper bot
    9. Windfor Suicide front
    10. Wind
    11. Windfor Suicide front
    12. Metal storage
    13. Wind
    14. Windfor Suicide front
    15. Wind
    16. Windfor Suicide front
    17. Wind
    18. CompassRadar bot
    19. Windfor Suicide front
    20. SmugglerJammer bot
    21. Wind
    22. Windfor Suicide front
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    24. Wind
    25. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. Windfor Suicide front
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Windfor Suicide front
    36. Wind
    37. Windfor Suicide front
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind
    40. Windfor Suicide front
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Windfor Suicide front
    43. Wind
    44. Windfor Suicide front
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Windfor Suicide front
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Windfor Suicide front
    53. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Windfor Suicide front
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Windfor Suicide front
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Windfor Suicide front
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Windfor Suicide front
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Windfor Suicide front
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Windfor Suicide front
    73. Wind
    74. PlatypusPlatypus
    75. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:06
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Windfor Suicide front
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Windfor Suicide front
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PlatypusPlatypus
    85. Windfor Suicide front
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Converter
    88. Windfor Suicide front
    89. Wind
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Windfor Suicide front
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Windfor Suicide front
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Windfor Suicide front
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Windfor Suicide front
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Windfor Suicide front
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Windfor Suicide front
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Windfor Suicide front
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Con turret
    119. Windfor Suicide front
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Windfor Suicide front
    124. Wind
    125. Con turret
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Windfor Suicide front
    129. Wind
    130. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:36
    131. Wind ×3
    132. Windfor Suicide front
    133. Con turret
    134. BlinkScout planefor Air
    135. Converter
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Windfor Suicide front
    139. Wind
    140. StormbringerBomber
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Windfor Suicide front
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. StormbringerBomber
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind
    149. Windfor Suicide front
    150. Wind ×2
    151. StormbringerBomber
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Windfor Suicide front
    155. Wind ×2
    156. StormbringerBomber
    157. Windfor Suicide front
    158. Wind ×2
    159. TracerTracer
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. StormbringerBomber
    163. Windfor Suicide front
    164. Wind ×3
    165. StormbringerBomber
    166. Windfor Suicide front
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Wind
    170. StormbringerBomber ×2
    171. Windfor Suicide front
    172. Wind ×3
    173. StormbringerBomber ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Windfor Suicide front
    176. Wind
    177. StormbringerBomber
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Windfor Suicide front
    180. StormbringerBomber
    181. Wind ×3
    182. StormbringerBomber
    183. Converter
    184. StormbringerBomber
    185. Wind ×2
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. StormbringerBomber
    189. Wind
    190. StormbringerBomber
    191. Wind
    192. StormbringerBomber
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Converter
    195. StormbringerBomber
    196. Converter
    197. Wind ×3
    198. StormbringerBomber
    199. Converter
    200. StormbringerBomber
    201. Wind ×4
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Converter
    205. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    206. Wind ×3
    207. Converter
    208. Wind
    209. Converter
    210. Wind ×5
    211. Converter ×2
    212. Wind ×5
    213. Converter ×2
    214. Wind ×4
    215. Converter ×2
    216. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (43 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

DRM

43.0 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3003 metal received · 142111 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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