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Tech stats

One row per researched technology. Ancient techs — which come from discovery tiles rather than being researched — live on the Discoveries page. Hover any column header for a description of that stat.

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What does Uplift mean?

Uplift answers a single question: does researched this tech help you win more often than chance alone would predict? Win % alone can’t answer it — a tech that shows up in mostly-2-player games naturally has a high win rate, while one that only appears in 6-player games is fighting longer odds. Uplift normalises that out.

The formula. Every time the tech is researched in a finished game, we record a baseline expected win of 1 / N, where N is that game’s player count. Sum those across every pick and you get the Expected wins column. Subtract that from the actual Wins column and you get Uplift = Wins − Expected wins. It’s an absolute count of wins above (or below) the random-chance baseline, not a rate.

Worked example. Suppose Plasma Cannon was researched 400 times across games that averaged 4 players. Each pick had a 1-in-4 random chance of ending up on the winner’s sheet, so the baseline expected wins are 400 × ¼ = 100. If Plasma Cannon actually shows up on the winner’s sheet 130 times, the uplift is +30 — winners researched it about 30% more than chance alone would predict.

How to read it. Positive uplift means the tech over-performs the baseline — winners reach for it more than chance predicts. Negative uplift means the opposite — it gets researched but doesn’t convert to wins at the random rate. Zero is exactly chance.

Small-sample caveat. Uplift is unweighted by sample size. A tech with only a handful of picks can swing to a big positive or negative number on coin-flip luck alone. Cross-check the Picks column before trusting an extreme uplift — and treat anything with under ~20 picks as noisy.

Tech	Category	Picks	Wins	Win %	Uplift▼	Avg VP
Quantum Grid	Grid	911	383	42%	+141	36.7
Artifact Key	Nano	461	208	45.1%	+89.9	38.7
Advanced Robotics	Nano	1098	348	31.7%	+64.1	33.7
Monolith	Nano	393	148	37.7%	+51.7	37.5
Advanced Economy	Grid	1068	321	30.1%	+48	33.5
Ancient Labs	Rare	318	128	40.3%	+46.8	37.7
Antimatter Cannon	Grid	512	174	34%	+42.8	34.4
Tachyon Drive	Grid	326	122	37.4%	+40.7	34.6
Nano Robots	Nano	976	286	29.3%	+38.9	32.8
Metasynthesis	Rare	297	116	39.1%	+37.7	35.9
Star Base	Military	1563	432	27.6%	+35.8	32.4
Pico Modulator	Rare	244	98	40.2%	+35.4	36
Neutron Absorber	Rare	383	130	33.9%	+31.4	34.8
Neutron Bombs	Military	1646	440	26.7%	+30.9	32.2
Gluon Computer	Military	414	130	31.4%	+26.7	34.4
Improved Hull	Grid	1566	427	27.3%	+24.6	32.3
Improved Logistics	Rare	328	109	33.2%	+24.3	33.9
Sentient Hull	Rare	333	109	32.7%	+22.3	33.3
Cloaking Device	Rare	497	147	29.6%	+22.1	33.8
Positron Computer	Grid	1193	325	27.2%	+20.8	32.5
Antimatter Splitter	Rare	289	91	31.5%	+20.2	34.4
Gauss Shield	Grid	1234	329	26.7%	+19.2	31.7
Absorption Shield	Rare	357	112	31.4%	+19	33.1
Flux Missile	Rare	157	55	35%	+17.4	34.6
Plasma Missile	Military	201	67	33.3%	+17.2	35.4
Warp Portal	Rare	153	53	34.6%	+17	36
Tachyon Source	Military	410	116	28.3%	+12.6	32.5
Transition Drive	Rare	255	76	29.8%	+11.9	33.8
Rift Cannon	Rare	264	77	29.2%	+11.8	32.4
Zero Point Source	Rare	133	45	33.8%	+8.9	33.5
Conifold Field	Rare	369	105	28.5%	+8.7	32.9
Wormhole Generator	Nano	230	63	27.4%	+7.8	33
Phase Shield	Military	471	124	26.3%	+7.5	32.1
Advanced Mining	Military	627	161	25.7%	+6.3	32.9
Soliton Cannon	Rare	365	104	28.5%	+6.3	32.8
Advanced Labs	Nano	624	159	25.5%	+4.4	32.1
Fusion Source	Grid	1281	318	24.8%	-6.8	31.6
Fusion Drive	Nano	1104	271	24.5%	-9	31.5
Orbital	Nano	946	228	24.1%	-11.6	31.4
Plasma Cannon	Military	1387	300	21.6%	-51	30.3