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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 1:15 · 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. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:14 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:17 · typical 5:15
    3. 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 · 29 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    7. Wind ×7
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    11. Wind ×5
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Converter
    29. SharpshooterSniper botdone 9:24 · 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 · 146 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. SharpshooterSniper bot
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×4
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×4
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Wind
    41. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:46
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind
    50. ButlerButler ×2
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×6
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×11
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Con turret
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Converter ×2
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×5
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Converter
    79. Metal storage
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:20
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×3
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:50
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter ×2
    119. LicheLichedone 14:38
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×4
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×3
    131. Converter ×2
    132. Wind ×5
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×4
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. OracleOracle
    140. Wind ×3
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    144. Wind ×3
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (43 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

haaven

42.9 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1500 metal received · 31816 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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