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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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Energy storage ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:18 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:31 · typical 5:28
    5. Wind
  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 · 134 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. ButlerButler
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Beach sea
    7. ButlerButler ×6
    8. Wind
    9. ButlerButler
    10. GunslingerGunslingerfor Frontdone 8:30
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Converter
    21. GunslingerGunslingerfor Pond
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. ButlerButler
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×5
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Converter
    57. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    58. Wind ×5
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×5
    67. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 12:07
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×3
    76. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:18
    77. Wind
    78. T2 converter
    79. Converter ×4
    80. Metal storage
    81. Converter ×6
    82. Wind ×3
    83. HoundHound
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. HoundHound
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. HoundHound
    94. Wind ×4
    95. HoundHound
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×4
    98. HoundHound
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. HoundHound
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. Converter
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. HoundHound
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Converter
    120. T2 converter
    121. HoundHound
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    125. Wind ×6
    126. Fusion ReactorFusion
    127. Wind ×8
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind ×4
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind ×16
    132. T2 converter
    133. Fusion ReactorFusion
    134. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OUDLES's (36 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

OUDLES

36.4 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2127 metal received · 105969 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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