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Standard tech

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.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 710 distinct matches · 103 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 828 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 lab by 4:15

  1. Take 3 mex, then wind and a Bot Lab to open eco fast.
  2. Push T2 lab out, aim to pass T2 to air player.
  3. Get first T2 constructor building, prioritize mex upgrades over eco.
  4. Finish Advanced Metal Extractor, keep upgrading team's mex.
  5. Add fus and anti-nuke, keep feeding T2 cons and Umbrella/Citadel to team.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 710 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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 4:04–4:27
    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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Energy storage
    17. 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 · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:46
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 (47%) · Butler for allies (38%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 215 steps
    1. NettleNettle ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:24 · typical 5:28
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    8. ButlerButler ×3
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind ×2
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    18. Wind ×11
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×4
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×6
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×6
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×6
    46. Converter
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind ×5
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:45
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Con turret
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. FerretFerret
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. FerretFerret
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. FerretFerret
    116. Wind
    117. FerretFerret
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. FerretFerret
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Converter ×3
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. ChainsawChainsaw
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:26
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. ChainsawChainsaw
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. FalconFighter
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×3
    145. Converter
    146. FalconFighter
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×2
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. FalconFighter ×2
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. FalconFighter
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. FalconFighter
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Converter ×2
    161. FalconFighter
    162. Wind ×3
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×2
    166. FalconFighter
    167. Wind
    168. Con turret
    169. Converter
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. Converter ×2
    175. Wind ×2
    176. FalconFighter
    177. Wind
    178. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    179. Converter
    180. Metal storage
    181. Wind ×3
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×3
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×3
    190. Converter
    191. Wind ×3
    192. FalconFighter
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×3
    195. Converter
    196. FalconFighter
    197. Wind
    198. FalconFighter
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Converter
    201. FalconFighter
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×2
    204. FalconFighter
    205. Wind
    206. Con turret
    207. Wind ×2
    208. Converter
    209. Con turret
    210. Wind
    211. Converter
    212. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    213. Wind ×2
    214. Con turret
    215. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Baby_Evis's (41 OS, 01/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:46 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:03 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:59 · 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

828 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163800
4:00315100
5:00486300
6:00580900
7:00723200
8:00908400
9:001124900
10:001356900
11:001639000
12:001993400
13:002367800
14:0027443113130
15:0031525358260
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline and wins slightly more than half its games with a huge metal lead but almost no kills, showing its value is economic not combat.

  • + Produces 31389 metal by 15:00, far above other roles.
  • + Reaches T2 lab and constructor by 4:15-4:33 almost every game.
  • − Barely destroys any enemy metal (400 by 15:00), no combat presence.
  • − Fusion Reactor and anti-nuke only land in 44% of games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Cookie]Baby_Evis

41.0 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
2535 metal received · 63063 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=828
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=822
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=826

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