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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 1:18 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Con turret
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×4
    13. Energy storage
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Energy storage
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:47 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Converter ×4
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Converter
  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 · 57 steps
    1. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:30
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:06 · typical 5:15
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Converter ×2
    11. ButlerButler ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×3
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Metal storage
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind ×2
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×6
    57. SharpshooterSniper botdone 10:44 · 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 · 141 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×5
    7. SharpshooterSniper bot
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×6
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×6
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×7
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×2
    21. T2 converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×6
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×6
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:25
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×5
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter ×3
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. Con turret
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Converter ×3
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×5
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×5
    88. Converter
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. CastroCastro
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Con turret
    99. Converter
    100. AgitatorAgitatordone 14:29
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. JellyfishJellyfish
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. JellyfishJellyfish
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Con turret
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Con turret
    137. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Amrissa's (40 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

39.8 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

51 received units · includes a constructor
3646 metal received · 164608 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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