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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	217	117	53.9%	+61.7	39.8
Star Base	Military	322	136	42.2%	+59.5	37
Neutron Bombs	Military	362	137	37.8%	+51.8	35.6
Improved Hull	Grid	333	130	39%	+49.4	35.8
Advanced Economy	Grid	238	101	42.4%	+45.2	37.1
Advanced Robotics	Nano	205	92	44.9%	+42.9	38
Positron Computer	Grid	246	101	41.1%	+42.4	36.9
Artifact Key	Nano	126	71	56.3%	+40.6	41.4
Gauss Shield	Grid	276	106	38.4%	+40.4	35.9
Nano Robots	Nano	194	84	43.3%	+38.2	37.5
Fusion Source	Grid	249	94	37.8%	+35.2	36
Fusion Drive	Nano	210	81	38.6%	+30.6	36.4
Plasma Cannon	Military	243	86	35.4%	+27.7	35.1
Monolith	Nano	79	41	51.9%	+23.5	41.8
Antimatter Cannon	Grid	106	47	44.3%	+22.6	38.3
Cloaking Device	Rare	116	51	44%	+22.2	37.2
Ancient Labs	Rare	84	41	48.8%	+21.2	40
Advanced Labs	Nano	131	51	38.9%	+20.9	37.2
Gluon Computer	Military	101	44	43.6%	+20.5	37.5
Pico Modulator	Rare	64	37	57.8%	+19.7	40.5
Metasynthesis	Rare	68	36	52.9%	+19	39.6
Antimatter Splitter	Rare	73	36	49.3%	+18.8	38
Soliton Cannon	Rare	79	38	48.1%	+17.6	37
Orbital	Nano	149	52	34.9%	+16.4	35.9
Sentient Hull	Rare	79	35	44.3%	+15.3	36.6
Plasma Missile	Military	59	29	49.2%	+14.8	39.7
Tachyon Drive	Grid	75	32	42.7%	+14.7	37
Conifold Field	Rare	81	33	40.7%	+13.1	36
Improved Logistics	Rare	59	29	49.2%	+13.1	37.8
Advanced Mining	Military	125	41	32.8%	+12.3	36.2
Transition Drive	Rare	42	23	54.8%	+12.3	39.3
Neutron Absorber	Rare	98	35	35.7%	+12	36.1
Phase Shield	Military	86	32	37.2%	+11.6	37.2
Tachyon Source	Military	79	30	38%	+11.4	37
Absorption Shield	Rare	75	31	41.3%	+11.3	36.3
Warp Portal	Rare	45	22	48.9%	+11.3	41.9
Rift Cannon	Rare	55	23	41.8%	+9.2	35.8
Zero Point Source	Rare	24	14	58.3%	+7.9	39.8
Flux Missile	Rare	48	19	39.6%	+7.6	39.9
Wormhole Generator	Nano	40	15	37.5%	+6.1	36.1