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Standard tech

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 · 1602 distinct matches · 255 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1912 · 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 1602 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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:01 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Energy storage
    3. Wind
    4. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:48
    7. 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 (37%)

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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SkyFireEX's (40 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 9:06 · 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

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1912 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165200
4:00314400
5:00484800
6:00579900
7:00722700
8:00906500
9:001118000
10:001352000
11:001624200
12:001965200
13:002343000
14:0027286074
15:0031503108130
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

SkyFireEX

40.4 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
3568 metal received · 93965 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=1912
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1905
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1908

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