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Bot Lab first into Rocketeer/Centurion/Pawn to contest the middle early and hold until T2 arrives, the role's baseline play.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×371% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1411 · Then: rocketeer, centurion, pawn · Last seen 25 Sept
The role's default economy-first play: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, quick frigate/submarine/destroyer navy to contest sea and hold the coast, transitioning into whatever the sea fight needs.
Bot Lab → Shipyard → Submarine → Frigate
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→83% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 52% of 1005 · Then: frigate, destroyer, submarine · Last seen 25 Sept
Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with a mixed T1 army of Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus sent to hold the wider gap and then middle.
Bot Lab → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→×9→→×1575% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1063 · Then: blitz, rocketeer, pawn · Last seen 25 Sept
The role's usual play: com goes to sea to build a shipyard around 2 minutes, pumping frigates and destroyers to contest enemy sea entry or hold vision, with an advanced metal extractor around 10 minutes as the transition into the team's…
Shipyard → Frigate → Destroyer → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→×384% of Cortex Beach sea games · team won 55% of 789 · Then: frigate, destroyer · Last seen 25 Sept
Standard Tech play: rush T2 factory and constructor by ~4:15-4:33, upgrade the first mexes to advanced, and hand off constructors and army to Geo and allies while scaling eco over the game.
Bot Lab → Advanced Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→→→→×259% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 793 · Then: anti-nuke, Platypus, anti-nuke · Last seen 25 Sept
Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal by 3:26, T2 constructor by 4:55, advanced geothermal and vehicle plant around 7:07, transitioning into Starlight and T1 vehicles for front while supplying allies with cons and Lazarus.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Advanced Geothermal Powerplant
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→×258% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 745 · Then: Starlight, Jaguar, blitz · Last seen 25 Sept
The usual Cortex air game: Aircraft Plant just after the start, Advanced Metal Extractor around 7 minutes and Fusion Reactor around 11 minutes, making transports and fighters for the team while scaling economy normally.
Aircraft Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Fusion Reactor
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→×10→→×3→80% of Cortex Air games · team won 47% of 559 · Then: valiant, shuriken · Last seen 25 Sept
Standard Pond play: fast Bot Lab and early boosting into Advanced Metal Extractor, sending Tick/Pawn/Blitz to front while tidal-boosting allies throughout.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×359% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 510 · Then: tick, pawn, blitz · Last seen 25 Sept
After the usual T2 rush, Tech commits early to an Armageddon nuke silo from around 10:24, well ahead of the norm, aiming it at the enemy base while still supplying T2 to the team.
Bot Lab → Advanced Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor → Armageddon
×3→×3→→×4→×2→→×5→7% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 97 · Last seen 25 Sept
Bot Lab first but committing to a Gauntlet by 4:10, much earlier than usual, to anchor the middle with area artillery before the standard timing.
Bot Lab → Gauntlet → Advanced Metal Extractor
→→→→→→→×25% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 47% of 106 · Then: rocketeer, Rattlesnake · Last seen 25 Sept
Front builds a Gauntlet by around 5:30, well before the norm, to anchor a defensive line at middle while the economy develops, backing it later with Rattlesnake and more Gauntlets.
Bot Lab → Vehicle Plant → Gauntlet → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→×26% of Armada Front games · team won 56% of 86 · Then: rocketeer, blitz, Rattlesnake · Last seen 24 Sept
Vehicle Plant first with a Rover raid, then Janus skirmishers pushed to the middle by 1:18 to fight there well ahead of the usual timing, transitioning into Blitz/Whistler later.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×3→→×2→×2→×55% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 104 · Then: blitz, missile truck · Last seen 25 Sept
Tech pushes a Fusion Reactor much earlier than normal (from 8:50 instead of ~12:11) to accelerate its own and the team's energy income, while still funneling T2 constructors to Geo.
Bot Lab → Advanced Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor → Fusion Reactor
×3→×3→→×4→→→×2→6% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 77 · Then: anti-nuke, Armageddon, Platypus · Last seen 25 Sept
Player rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 1:10 and pushes out Seeker hovercraft as an early raid by 2:13, well before the shipyard which is delayed to around 4:16, using the raid to harass while sea presence catches up later.
Hovercraft Platform → Shipyard → Destroyer → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→→×511% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 70 · Then: destroyer, seeker, dolphin · Last seen 24 Sept
Geo rushes a Vehicle Plant and pushes out Blitz tanks from 4:14, well before the usual T2 focus, fighting forward in the middle rather than sitting on defence, then transitions back into the normal Starlight/T2 economy.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
×3→×4→→→→→×2→5% of Armada Geo games · team won 51% of 65 · Then: Starlight, Jaguar, Platypus · Last seen 23 Sept
Geo builds Centurion bots very early (from 2:39) and gets a transport from Air, moving into an early Aircraft Plant with bombers and fighters instead of the usual T2 rush; despite the name, units only reach the middle rather than being…
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Advanced Geothermal Powerplant
×2→×3→→×3→×2→→→5% of Armada Geo games · team won 57% of 60 · Then: Starlight, blitz, bomber · Last seen 23 Sept
Bot Lab into an early Mace-led T1 bot assault by 2:07, pushing into the middle and sometimes into the enemy base, well ahead of the role's usual army composition.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
→→×2→→→×2→→3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 64 · Then: blitz · Last seen 24 Sept
Pond skips straight to a Vehicle Plant by 3:37 and pushes a Blitz-led tank raid into the middle from around 4:14, with units reaching the enemy base in over half its games, before settling into the usual eco transition.
Vehicle Plant → Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
×10→×4→→×4→→×3→→6% of Armada Pond games · team won 64% of 53 · Last seen 23 Sept
Geo skips straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant and fields Mauser artillery from 5:57, much earlier than the role's usual T2 timeline, sometimes with Umbra jammer support, pushing into the middle and occasionally the enemy base.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant
×3→×2→→→→→→4% of Armada Geo games · team won 57% of 49 · Then: Jaguar, Starlight · Last seen 25 Sept
Tech adds early T2 Sharpshooter snipers around 8:09-8:52 alongside its usual T2 supply role to support the front.
Bot Lab → Advanced Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor → Sniper bot
×3→×4→→×4→→×2→×3→×34% of Armada Tech games · team won 24% of 51 · Then: anti-nuke · Last seen 22 Sept
Geo builds an early Aircraft Plant and commits to Banshee gunships from 5:10, paired with a Stork transport drop, fighting mostly in the middle instead of bringing the usual T2 land units to front.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Aircraft Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
×2→×4→→→→×3→→×31% of Armada Geo games · team won 47% of 19 · Then: blitz · Last seen 23 Sept
Pond builds pop-up artillery (Gauntlet/Rattlesnake/Agitator) from around 6:17, receiving a light transport from an ally early, to reinforce the front's defensive line.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→×23% of Armada Pond games · team won 36% of 22 · Then: Rattlesnake · Last seen 23 Sept
Geo builds an Aircraft Plant and pushes out Stormbringer bombers from 6:41 with fighter escort, striking directly into the enemy base rather than sending T2 units to front, a clear detour from the standard Geo job.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Aircraft Plant
×2→×3→→×3→×2→→→2% of Armada Geo games · team won 79% of 24 · Then: Starlight, Jaguar · Last seen 21 Sept
Tech sets up early Rattlesnake pop-up artillery from 8:52 to hold the middle, supported by Butlers, instead of purely funneling T2 to the team.
Bot Lab → Advanced Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor → Rattlesnake
×3→×4→→×5→→→→2% of Armada Tech games · team won 52% of 23 · Last seen 25 Sept
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