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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 (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 833 distinct matches · 112 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 958 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab right away.
  2. Get bot lab up and begin feeding early cons.
  3. Start advanced bot lab to rush T2 factory.
  4. Finish T2 factory and push advanced metal extractor by 5:29.
  5. Build Citadel, Platypus and Umbrella as anti-nuke defence transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 833 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · 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 4:04–4:28
    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. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Energy storage
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:42 · 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 · 1 step
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 (48%) · Butler for allies (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 59 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 124 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:23 · typical 5:29
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    4. Converter ×3
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    8. ButlerButler ×3
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×6
    23. Converter ×3
    24. SharpshooterSniper botdone 10:40
    25. Converter ×3
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:24
    28. Converter ×3
    29. Wind
    30. Converter ×4
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. SharpshooterSniper bot
    34. Converter ×3
    35. Wind
    36. Converter ×3
    37. Fusion ReactorFusion
    38. Converter ×2
    39. Wind
    40. Converter ×2
    41. Metal storage
    42. Converter ×17
    43. Fusion ReactorFusion
    44. Converter ×7
    45. Con turret ×2
    46. Converter ×5
    47. Con turret ×2
    48. Converter ×3
    49. Fusion ReactorFusion
    50. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:37
    51. Converter ×3
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:43
    55. Converter ×2
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Converter ×2
    60. StoutStout
    61. PawnPawn ×3
    62. StoutStout
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converter
    65. StoutStout
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Converter
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Converter
    70. StoutStout
    71. PawnPawn
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. StoutStout
    74. Converter ×2
    75. StoutStout
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. PawnPawn
    79. StoutStout
    80. Converter
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. StoutStout
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. TracerTracer
    86. StoutStout
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Converter
    89. PawnPawn
    90. StoutStout
    91. Converter ×2
    92. PawnPawn
    93. StoutStout
    94. PawnPawn
    95. StoutStout
    96. Converter ×2
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Converter
    99. StoutStout
    100. LazarusLazarus
    101. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    102. StoutStout
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Converter
    105. PawnPawn
    106. StoutStout
    107. Converter ×2
    108. PawnPawn
    109. StoutStout
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Converter
    112. PawnPawn
    113. StoutStout
    114. Converter
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn
    118. StoutStout
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. PawnPawn
    122. StoutStout
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (38 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:48 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 41% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · 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

958 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164300
4:00315600
5:00486400
6:00580500
7:00723000
8:00907900
9:001124800
10:001357600
11:001642100
12:001998800
13:002374500
14:002753685106
15:0031617313235
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's textbook T2 rush, posting the highest metal production of any build shown (31617 by 15:00) with almost no early losses.

  • + T2 factory done by 4:15 in 97% of games, extremely consistent.
  • + Own metal lost is only 228 by 15:00, near untouched economy.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all builds shown at 53%, fast eco alone doesn't decide games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[MooDeng]NongJohn

37.9 OS · 05/10/2026

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2 received units
4670 metal received · 56738 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=958
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=952
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=956

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