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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 · 1574 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1868 · 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 1574 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Converter
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:07 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:55 · typical 5:29
    4. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:23
  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 (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 197 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. ButlerButler ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    10. Wind ×5
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    12. Wind ×5
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×3
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×2
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×3
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×3
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind ×4
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Converter
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×7
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. PlatypusPlatypus
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. PlatypusPlatypus
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×5
    50. PlatypusPlatypus
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PlatypusPlatypus
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×3
    60. PlatypusPlatypus
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×5
    64. PlatypusPlatypus
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×3
    69. PlatypusPlatypus
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. PlatypusPlatypus
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×4
    77. PlatypusPlatypus
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Wind ×5
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. PlatypusPlatypus
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×3
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Wind ×4
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Wind ×6
    113. Converter
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PlatypusPlatypus
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. PlatypusPlatypus
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×4
    132. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×3
    135. Con turret
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×5
    141. Converter
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×4
    146. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×4
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×4
    152. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:38
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×3
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×4
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×5
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×4
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×6
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×5
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×4
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind ×4
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind
    178. Converter ×2
    179. Wind ×4
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind
    182. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. Metal storage
    190. Wind ×5
    191. Con turret
    192. Wind ×2
    193. Con turret
    194. Converter ×2
    195. Wind ×3
    196. T2 converter
    197. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (31 OS, 06/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:24 · 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

1868 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314300
5:00484800
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001116900
10:001350200
11:001623900
12:001965200
13:002344100
14:0027357074
15:003153885130
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

CookieTwoStep

30.6 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
2593 metal received · 83327 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=1868
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1861
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1864

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