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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while supplying T2 and T1 constructors to teammates like Geo, then transitions into Citadel/Platypus/Umbrella defence as the game develops.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 765 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 885 · 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 765 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×8
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:59 · 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 3:19 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Construction BotCon botfor unknown
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×4
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:39 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:29 · typical 5:29
  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 · 74 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Suicide front
    5. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    8. ButlerButler ×8
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    12. Wind ×12
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    14. Wind ×17
    15. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:36
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×3
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Con turret
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. TracerTracer
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×6
    34. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:03
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Metal storage
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. T2 converter
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×7
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×28
    63. Fusion ReactorFusion
    64. Wind ×15
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×4
    69. T2 converter
    70. Wind ×5
    71. VeilVeil
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 5:21 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:02 · 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

885 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164200
4:00315100
5:00486700
6:00581000
7:00723300
8:00909300
9:001125100
10:001358500
11:001641800
12:002002700
13:002381700
14:002755490104
15:0031617315204
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

Hummell

45.0 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1188 metal received · 48886 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=885
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=879
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=883

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