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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	309	159	51.5%	+78.6	39.7
Star Base	Military	487	192	39.4%	+73.3	36.5
Neutron Bombs	Military	546	194	35.5%	+62.9	35.1
Improved Hull	Grid	491	176	35.8%	+54.4	35.1
Advanced Robotics	Nano	323	133	41.2%	+53.4	37.2
Advanced Economy	Grid	341	135	39.6%	+52.6	36.8
Artifact Key	Nano	182	93	51.1%	+48.2	40.9
Nano Robots	Nano	292	115	39.4%	+44.7	36.7
Gauss Shield	Grid	390	138	35.4%	+42.2	35
Positron Computer	Grid	354	128	36.2%	+41.1	36
Fusion Source	Grid	368	123	33.4%	+33.4	35.1
Monolith	Nano	119	58	48.7%	+30.6	41.5
Antimatter Cannon	Grid	156	67	42.9%	+28.9	38
Fusion Drive	Nano	330	108	32.7%	+28.2	35.2
Plasma Cannon	Military	372	119	32%	+27.9	34.6
Ancient Labs	Rare	118	56	47.5%	+27.2	39.6
Cloaking Device	Rare	176	70	39.8%	+27	36.5
Gluon Computer	Military	142	59	41.5%	+25	37.5
Metasynthesis	Rare	108	53	49.1%	+24.8	39
Pico Modulator	Rare	91	47	51.6%	+23	39.6
Tachyon Drive	Grid	110	49	44.5%	+22.4	36.6
Tachyon Source	Military	126	52	41.3%	+21	36.7
Advanced Labs	Nano	185	64	34.6%	+20.5	35.9
Neutron Absorber	Rare	153	57	37.3%	+19.7	36.2
Orbital	Nano	256	82	32%	+19.6	35
Improved Logistics	Rare	109	48	44%	+19.6	36.8
Soliton Cannon	Rare	123	52	42.3%	+19.5	36.2
Antimatter Splitter	Rare	103	43	41.7%	+19.1	36.3
Plasma Missile	Military	82	39	47.6%	+19	38.9
Phase Shield	Military	137	51	37.2%	+18.1	36
Conifold Field	Rare	123	49	39.8%	+17.2	35.9
Advanced Mining	Military	185	60	32.4%	+16.2	35.8
Absorption Shield	Rare	116	44	37.9%	+13.9	35.8
Sentient Hull	Rare	117	42	35.9%	+12.9	35.1
Flux Missile	Rare	70	29	41.4%	+12.6	38.9
Transition Drive	Rare	65	28	43.1%	+12	37.5
Rift Cannon	Rare	95	35	36.8%	+11.3	34.3
Warp Portal	Rare	65	26	40%	+10.8	38.8
Wormhole Generator	Nano	67	24	35.8%	+9.2	36.1
Zero Point Source	Rare	34	17	50%	+7.5	38.9