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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 · 8 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Solar ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:51 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Converter
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:34 · 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. Converter
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    5. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 4:56
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 · 112 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:57 · typical 5:29
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter ×3
    8. HoundHound
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Converter
    11. GunslingerGunslingerfor Pond
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    13. Con turret
    14. ButlerButler ×6
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    18. Wind ×6
    19. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 10:06
    20. Wind ×28
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×5
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×4
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×4
    27. HoundHound
    28. Wind ×5
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. HoundHound
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. HoundHound
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Converter
    40. HoundHound
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. HoundHound
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. SmugglerJammer bot
    51. Wind ×2
    52. CompassRadar bot
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Converter
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. SmugglerJammer bot
    67. Wind
    68. CompassRadar bot
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. HoundHound
    73. Wind ×2
    74. HoundHound
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. HoundHound
    78. Wind ×2
    79. HoundHound
    80. Con turret
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter
    84. HoundHound
    85. Wind ×2
    86. SharpshooterSniper botdone 13:02
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. WelderWelder
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×4
    95. Converter
    96. WelderWelder
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. WelderWelder
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. FatboyFatboynot finished by 15:00
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. ArchangelArchangeldone 13:42
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. ArchangelArchangel

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (30 OS, 24/08/2026); 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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

30.4 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1858 metal received · 84667 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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