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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 1:16 · 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. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:07 · 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. Converter
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:50 · typical 5:15
    4. 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 · 34 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    3. Wind ×8
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    19. Wind ×5
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind
    34. SharpshooterSniper botdone 9:36 · 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 · 145 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Windfor Suicide front
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Windfor Suicide front
    7. Wind
    8. Windfor Suicide front
    9. Wind
    10. Windfor Suicide front
    11. Wind
    12. Windfor Suicide front
    13. Wind
    14. Windfor Suicide front
    15. SharpshooterSniper bot
    16. Wind
    17. Windfor Suicide front
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Windfor Suicide front
    20. Wind
    21. Windfor Suicide front
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    24. Wind
    25. T2 converter
    26. Windfor Suicide front
    27. Wind
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Windfor Suicide front
    31. Wind
    32. Windfor Suicide front
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    37. Wind
    38. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    39. Wind
    40. Windfor Suicide front
    41. Wind
    42. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    43. Wind
    44. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    45. Wind
    46. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. GunslingerGunslingerfor Geo seadone 11:48
    51. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    52. Wind
    53. Wind ×4for Suicide front
    54. Wind
    55. Windfor Suicide front
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    61. Converter
    62. Windfor Suicide front
    63. Wind
    64. Windfor Suicide front
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Windfor Suicide front
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Windfor Suicide front
    71. Wind
    72. Windfor Suicide front
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Windfor Suicide front
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Windfor Suicide front
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. ButlerButler
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Windfor Suicide front
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×5
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. ButlerButler
    88. Wind ×8
    89. GunslingerGunslingerfor Front
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×5
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×5
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. NettleNettle
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×4
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×7
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind ×5
    117. Converter
    118. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:34
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×4
    125. Converter
    126. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×5
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×7
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×5
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×7
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×7
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×6
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Fusion ReactorFusion
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Harryplotter's (37 OS, 19/08/2026); 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

Harryplotter

37.4 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1699 metal received · 42683 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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