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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while supplying T2 and T1 constructors to teammates like Geo, then transitions into Citadel/Platypus/Umbrella defence as the game develops.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 833 distinct matches · 112 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 958 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab right away.
  2. Get bot lab up and begin feeding early cons.
  3. Start advanced bot lab to rush T2 factory.
  4. Finish T2 factory and push advanced metal extractor by 5:29.
  5. Build Citadel, Platypus and Umbrella as anti-nuke defence transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 833 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 (30%)

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:07 · 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 ~4:15, middle half 4:04–4:28
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:19 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Solar ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor unknown
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:01 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:44 · typical 5:29
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    4. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:24
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine44Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (48%) · Butler for allies (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 59 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 191 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler ×2
    11. Wind
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind
    21. ButlerButler ×2
    22. Wind
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×5
    45. Converter
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×4
    50. Con turret
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:35
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Metal storage
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×9
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind
    80. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:51
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×4
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×3
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×2
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. T2 converter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×3
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz ×2
    121. Wind ×2
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind ×2
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. T2 converter
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. Wind ×2
    142. WhistlerMissile truck
    143. Wind ×4
    144. WhistlerMissile truck
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. ChainsawChainsaw
    149. WhistlerMissile truck
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. ChainsawChainsaw
    154. Wind
    155. ChainsawChainsaw
    156. Wind
    157. WhistlerMissile truck
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. Converter
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret
    185. Fusion ReactorFusion
    186. Con turret
    187. Wind
    188. Con turret
    189. Converter
    190. Con turret
    191. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:48 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 41% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · in 85% 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

958 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164300
4:00315600
5:00486400
6:00580500
7:00723000
8:00907900
9:001124800
10:001357600
11:001642100
12:001998800
13:002374500
14:002753685106
15:0031617313235
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's textbook T2 rush, posting the highest metal production of any build shown (31617 by 15:00) with almost no early losses.

  • + T2 factory done by 4:15 in 97% of games, extremely consistent.
  • + Own metal lost is only 228 by 15:00, near untouched economy.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all builds shown at 53%, fast eco alone doesn't decide games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]_Doni

51.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
5695 metal received · 89779 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=958
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=952
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=956

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