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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 · 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 · 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 ~4:16, 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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Con turret
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×5
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×5
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×6
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Converter
    29. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 5:01 · 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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [SMRT]Felnious's (34 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

[SMRT]Felnious

33.5 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
2089 metal received · 30591 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

Played most by

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Standard tech · Armada Tech (Eco) build order · BAR Build Atlas