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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while sending the first T2 constructor to Geo, scaling team eco and mex upgrades through the full 15 minutes.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 901 distinct matches · 120 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1034 · 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 901 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 1:13–1:31

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 4:04–4:28
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (35%)

    By 3:19 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. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. Solar
    11. Con turret ×3
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:56 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    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 · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Wind ×2
    5. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:08
    6. Wind ×3
  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 (49%) · 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 · 103 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:38 · typical 5:29
    6. ButlerButler ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    10. Converter ×4
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Converter ×2
    13. GunslingerGunslingerfor Suicide frontdone 8:25
    14. Converter ×6
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Converter
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced solar
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. GhostGhost
    26. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Advanced solar
    29. Wind ×5
    30. Advanced solar
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GhostGhost
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    37. Con turret ×2
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×3
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×4
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind ×4
    55. ButlerButler
    56. Wind ×2
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    60. Wind ×4
    61. FatboyFatboyfor Frontdone 12:41
    62. Wind
    63. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:51
    64. Wind ×16
    65. OspreyHeavy transport
    66. Wind ×5
    67. ArbalestArbalest
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    70. Wind
    71. NettleNettle
    72. Wind ×3
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind
    75. FalconFighter
    76. Wind
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. NettleNettle
    80. Wind ×4
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. NettleNettle
    84. Wind ×2
    85. FalconFighter
    86. NettleNettle
    87. Wind
    88. NettleNettle
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind
    91. NettleNettle
    92. Wind ×2
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. FalconFighter
    98. ArbalestArbalest
    99. Wind ×2
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (64 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 5:23 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:05 · in 42% 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

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1034 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164500
4:00316200
5:00486400
6:00580800
7:00723600
8:00911000
9:001125000
10:001358800
11:001643300
12:001999100
13:002375900
14:00276067381
15:0031704295204
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

_Hawkey_

63.7 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2273 metal received · 117500 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:31 · n=1034
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=1028
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1032

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