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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 · 681 distinct matches · 101 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 793 · 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 681 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:53 · 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 3:20 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. 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 · 6 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 4:27
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:26 · typical 5:28
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · Butler for allies (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 74 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Energy storage
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. ButlerButler ×2for Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo sea
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. GhostGhost
    18. Converter
    19. SharpshooterSniper botfor Suicide frontdone 8:33
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. SharpshooterSniper botfor Suicide front
    23. Wind ×7
    24. ButlerButler ×3for Geo sea
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler ×4for Geo sea
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler ×5for Front
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler ×2for Beach sea
    31. ButlerButler ×2
    32. Wind
    33. ButlerButlerfor Front
    34. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    37. Wind
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×2
    42. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    43. Wind
    44. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    45. Wind
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind ×2
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Wind ×2
    52. ButlerButler
    53. Wind ×3
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Wind ×3
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×2
    58. JunoJuno
    59. ButlerButler
    60. Wind ×3
    61. SharpshooterSniper bot
    62. Wind ×13
    63. SmugglerJammer bot
    64. Wind ×3
    65. VeilVeil
    66. Wind
    67. SmugglerJammer bot
    68. Wind ×34
    69. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    70. Wind ×14
    71. MercuryMercurydone 14:10
    72. Wind ×41
    73. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    74. Wind ×37

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crouxy's (36 OS, 22/09/2026); 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 Pond or Geo seafirst at 4:46 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:23 · 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 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

793 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163500
4:00314800
5:00486300
6:00580700
7:00722000
8:00906100
9:001124700
10:001355300
11:001634200
12:001985000
13:002364400
14:0027360125130
15:0031473385260
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

Crouxy

36.4 OS · 22/09/2026

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3 received units
2327 metal received · 52046 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=793
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=787
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=791

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