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Standard tech

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 by 4:15, gets Advanced Metal Extractor around 5:28, hands off T2 constructors to Geo and the team, then scales eco and supplies the team's T2 needs through the rest of the game.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (83%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1574 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1868 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open 3 mex and heavy wind to fund a fast T2 rush.
  2. Put down Bot Lab, planning to eat it for reclaim soon after.
  3. Get Advanced Bot Lab up, hitting the T2 factory rush timing.
  4. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor to lock in team metal income.
  5. Eat Advanced Bot Lab and keep sending cons to Geo and Pond.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1574 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:18, middle half 1:13–1:32

    Some games also: energy storage (31%)

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · typical 1:18
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 12 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:16, middle half 4:04–4:30
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:18 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:16 · typical 4:16
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:08 · typical 5:29
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Butler9 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (43%) · Butler for allies (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 270 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. ButlerButler ×5
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    11. Wind ×3
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×4
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×3
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×3
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    30. Wind
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    38. Converter
    39. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:16
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter ×2
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter ×2
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter ×2
    57. Wind
    58. ButlerButler
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. ButlerButler
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter ×2
    66. Wind
    67. ButlerButler
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Converter ×2
    70. ButlerButler
    71. Wind ×2
    72. ButlerButler
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter ×2
    75. Wind
    76. ButlerButler
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. ButlerButler
    83. Wind ×2
    84. ButlerButler
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×5
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. ButlerButler
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×5
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. ButlerButler
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×3
    104. ButlerButler
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×5
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. ButlerButler
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. ButlerButler
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. ButlerButler
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×5
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×5
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×3
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×4
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×4
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×5
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×3
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×6
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×6
    152. Converter ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×5
    156. Converter ×2
    157. ButlerButler
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×5
    161. ButlerButler
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×4
    168. Con turret
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Converter ×2
    173. Wind ×5
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. Con turret
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×7
    181. Converter
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. Converter
    187. Wind ×5
    188. Converter ×2
    189. Wind
    190. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    191. Con turret
    192. Wind ×2
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×4
    195. Con turret
    196. Converter ×2
    197. Wind ×5
    198. Con turret ×2
    199. Converter
    200. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    201. Wind
    202. Con turret
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Metal storage
    205. Wind ×3
    206. Converter ×2
    207. Wind ×2
    208. Converter
    209. Wind ×5
    210. Converter ×2
    211. Wind ×3
    212. Converter
    213. TracerTracer
    214. Wind ×3
    215. Converter
    216. Wind
    217. Converter
    218. Wind ×3
    219. Converter
    220. Wind ×3
    221. Converter
    222. Wind ×3
    223. Converter
    224. Wind
    225. Converter
    226. Wind ×2
    227. Converter
    228. Wind ×2
    229. Converter
    230. Wind ×2
    231. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    232. Converter
    233. Wind ×3
    234. Converter
    235. Wind ×2
    236. PinpointerPinpointer
    237. Wind
    238. Converter ×2
    239. Wind ×6
    240. Converter
    241. Wind ×4
    242. Converter ×2
    243. Wind ×4
    244. Converter
    245. Wind
    246. PinpointerPinpointer
    247. Wind ×6
    248. Converter
    249. Wind
    250. Converter
    251. Wind ×8
    252. Converter
    253. Wind
    254. Converter
    255. Wind ×9
    256. Converter ×2
    257. Wind ×9
    258. Converter
    259. Wind
    260. Converter
    261. Wind ×5
    262. Converter
    263. Wind ×4
    264. Converter
    265. Wind ×5
    266. Converter
    267. Wind ×3
    268. Converter
    269. Wind ×2
    270. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is VanillaChan's (33 OS, 04/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:24 · in 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:50 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:07 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:01 · in 86% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

050100
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1868 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314300
5:00484800
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001116900
10:001350200
11:001623900
12:001965200
13:002344100
14:0027357074
15:003153885130
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Tech play barely fights at all early, instead pouring metal into T2 infrastructure and constructors for the team.

  • + Metal produced hits 31679 by 15:00, by far the highest of any role here.
  • + T2 factory reached in 97% of games by 4:15, fastest and most reliable T2 timing.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed stays at 0 through 10:00, no early offense at all.
  • − Own metal lost also near 0, showing total avoidance of combat risk.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

VanillaChan

33.1 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1677 metal received · 143045 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:18Middle 50%: 1:13–1:32 · n=1868
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1861
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1864

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