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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 · 1579 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1874 · 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 1579 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:47 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:25 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:01 · typical 5:29
    7. Converter
  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 (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 214 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Solar
    5. SprinterSprinter
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Mex
    10. Solar
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    12. ButlerButler ×3
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. ButlerButler ×6
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    16. Wind ×12
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×3
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×4
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×10
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×14
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind ×11
    29. NettleNettle
    30. Wind ×4
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Wind ×15
    33. SprinterSprinter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Wind ×19
    37. ButlerButler
    38. Wind ×8
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Wind ×7
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Wind ×12
    43. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:46
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×5
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Metal storage
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×5
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×4
    103. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×4
    108. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    111. Wind
    112. Converter ×2
    113. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:27
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind ×2
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Converter ×2
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Wind
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Converter
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    160. Converter
    161. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    164. Converter ×2
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    167. Converter
    168. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz ×3for Pond
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. BlitzBlitz ×3for Pond
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    180. Converter ×2
    181. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Converter ×2
    185. BlitzBlitz ×3for Pond
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    190. Converter ×2
    191. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    192. Wind
    193. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    194. Converter ×2
    195. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    196. Wind
    197. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    198. Converter
    199. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    200. Wind
    201. Converter
    202. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    203. Converter
    204. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    205. Converter
    206. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    207. Converter ×5
    208. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    209. Converter
    210. Wind
    211. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    212. Converter ×3
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ihatesea's (30 OS, 08/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · 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

1874 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314400
5:00484700
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001117300
10:001350300
11:001624200
12:001965600
13:002344500
14:0027362073
15:003154285130
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

Ihatesea

30.3 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
3795 metal received · 46473 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=1874
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1867
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1870

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