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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 · 732 distinct matches · 105 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 850 · 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 732 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 ~1:17, middle half 1:13–1:32

    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 1:18 · typical 1:17
  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 · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Solar ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. Energy storage
    10. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:47 · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    2. Converter
  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 · 151 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Metal storage
    3. ButlerButler
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:36 · typical 5:28
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:57
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:44
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. StorkLight transport
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind ×5
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. StorkLight transport
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×3
    45. StorkLight transport
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×3
    50. StorkLight transport
    51. Wind ×5
    52. StorkLight transport
    53. Wind ×5
    54. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:35
    55. Wind ×16
    56. Energy storage
    57. Wind ×6
    58. Energy storage
    59. Wind ×7
    60. Pit BullPit Bull
    61. Wind ×14
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×14
    64. BasilicaBasilicadone 14:38
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×8
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×8
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×8
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter ×2
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×5
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×4
    90. Converter ×2
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×4
    96. Converter ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×4
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter ×2
    103. Wind ×6
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. Converter
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×5
    121. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:21
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×4
    124. BlinkScout plane
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. BlinkScout plane
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. BlinkScout plane
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×3
    137. BlinkScout plane
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×2
    140. BlinkScout plane
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Converter
    144. BlinkScout plane
    145. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    146. Wind ×4
    147. Converter
    148. BlinkScout plane
    149. Wind ×4
    150. BlinkScout plane
    151. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NotReal's (39 OS, 28/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:47 · 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 4:00 · 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

850 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164100
4:00315000
5:00486400
6:00581300
7:00724600
8:00910500
9:001126400
10:001358500
11:001641200
12:002000600
13:002373000
14:0027484110130
15:0031535348260
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

NotReal

39.0 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
13 metal received · 6396 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:32 · n=850
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=844
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=848

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