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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
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
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
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
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×34% of Armada Tech games · team won 24% of 51 · Then: anti-nuke · Last seen 22 Sept
Geo pushes to an Advanced Bot Lab and fields Sharpshooter snipers from 8:17 with Smuggler and Welder support, but units mostly fight defensively on the team's own side rather than advancing.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Advanced Bot Lab
×2→→→×2→→×4→→1% of Armada Geo games · team won 38% of 16 · Then: Welder, blitz · Last seen 23 Sept
Pond rushes straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant by ~4:00 and pushes a Tzar with Quaker and Fury support into the enemy base from under 5 minutes, skipping the normal boost/lab phase entirely for a fast T2 assault.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant → Tzar → Quaker
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4% of Cortex Pond games · team won 91% of 11 · Then: tiger, quaker · Last seen 24 Sept
Com-blow economy that adds a Legion Drone Plant before Advanced Geothermal, using the drones and T2 vehicles (anti-air, support) to send an Aeolus drop into the enemy base by mid-game instead of just funneling T2 units to front.
Legion Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Legion Drone Plant
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→×2→→×2→→×215% of Legion Geo games · team won 2 of 6 · Then: Boreas, Medusa, transport · Last seen 24 Sept
Real games. Real sequences.
Repeated openings, made readable.
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One battlefield. Eight responsibilities. Mirrored positions share the same role.