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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	988	409	41.4%	+148.5	36.7
Artifact Key	Nano	506	229	45.3%	+100.1	38.9
Advanced Robotics	Nano	1196	384	32.1%	+76.3	33.9
Monolith	Nano	427	163	38.2%	+58.1	37.7
Ancient Labs	Rare	350	142	40.6%	+53.1	37.7
Antimatter Cannon	Grid	559	191	34.2%	+48.3	34.5
Advanced Economy	Grid	1186	350	29.5%	+47.6	33.4
Metasynthesis	Rare	324	129	39.8%	+44.2	36.3
Nano Robots	Nano	1046	307	29.3%	+43	33.1
Tachyon Drive	Grid	349	129	37%	+42	34.7
Star Base	Military	1715	474	27.6%	+41.5	32.5
Pico Modulator	Rare	272	109	40.1%	+39.9	36.1
Neutron Bombs	Military	1817	485	26.7%	+34.7	32.3
Gluon Computer	Military	469	149	31.8%	+32.6	34.3
Neutron Absorber	Rare	419	137	32.7%	+29.6	34.7
Improved Logistics	Rare	364	121	33.2%	+27.4	33.8
Sentient Hull	Rare	368	121	32.9%	+25.8	33.3
Gauss Shield	Grid	1333	357	26.8%	+23.1	31.9
Antimatter Splitter	Rare	313	99	31.6%	+22.5	34.4
Plasma Missile	Military	226	77	34.1%	+21.5	35.7
Warp Portal	Rare	173	62	35.8%	+21.4	36.4
Flux Missile	Rare	182	64	35.2%	+20.2	34.7
Absorption Shield	Rare	387	120	31%	+19.9	32.9
Cloaking Device	Rare	545	156	28.6%	+19.8	33.6
Improved Hull	Grid	1711	456	26.7%	+18.8	32.1
Tachyon Source	Military	458	130	28.4%	+15	32.6
Positron Computer	Grid	1308	347	26.5%	+14.8	32.4
Wormhole Generator	Nano	254	74	29.1%	+13	33.3
Rift Cannon	Rare	294	83	28.2%	+10.7	32.3
Transition Drive	Rare	277	80	28.9%	+10.7	33.5
Conifold Field	Rare	407	116	28.5%	+10.5	32.9
Zero Point Source	Rare	152	50	32.9%	+9.1	33.5
Advanced Labs	Nano	681	177	26%	+8.4	32.2
Advanced Mining	Military	678	175	25.8%	+7.9	33
Soliton Cannon	Rare	406	114	28.1%	+6.2	32.7
Phase Shield	Military	523	134	25.6%	+5.1	32.2
Fusion Drive	Nano	1180	291	24.7%	-7.1	31.6
Fusion Source	Grid	1404	343	24.4%	-11.8	31.6
Orbital	Nano	1017	245	24.1%	-12.1	31.4
Plasma Cannon	Military	1492	320	21.4%	-56.3	30.4