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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 · 15 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×4
    15. 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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:48 · typical 5:15
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
  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. ButlerButler
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    3. SharpshooterSniper botdone 7:11 · 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 · 160 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. SharpshooterSniper bot ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler ×3
    11. Wind
    12. ButlerButler ×3
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler ×2
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    19. Wind ×8
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:50
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Metal storage
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. SprinterSprinter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. SprinterSprinter
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. SprinterSprinter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. SprinterSprinter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. SprinterSprinter
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. SprinterSprinter
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. SprinterSprinter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. SprinterSprinter
    81. FerretFerret
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. SprinterSprinter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. FerretFerret
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Mex
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:53
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×3
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. TracerTracer
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×3
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×3
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter ×2
    156. Wind
    157. T2 converter
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Amrissa's (39 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

39.5 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1583 metal received · 114596 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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