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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 · 1579 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1874 · 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 1579 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:31 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret ×3
    9. Wind ×10
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:15 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:52 · typical 5:29
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is VanillaChan's (34 OS, 26/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 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

1874 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314400
5:00484700
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001117300
10:001350300
11:001624200
12:001965600
13:002344500
14:0027362073
15:003154285130
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

VanillaChan

33.8 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
6210 metal received · 123892 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=1874
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1867
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1870

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