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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes the T2 bot lab and advanced metal extractors while supplying teammates with constructors, scaling eco through the standard Citadel/Umbrella/Platypus transition.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (83%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 1692 distinct matches · 262 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 54% of 2007 · 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 1692 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 (32%)

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. 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 (35%)

    By 3:18 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Solar ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Advanced solar
    24. Converter
    25. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 5:09 · 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
  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 (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:15 · typical 5:28
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo sea
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    9. ButlerButler ×2
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Advanced solar
    13. ButlerButler ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced solar
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nooby442's (31 OS, 04/09/2026); 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 4:51 · 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 4:02 · 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

2007 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165400
4:00314500
5:00484600
6:00580300
7:00723400
8:00907000
9:001120200
10:001354500
11:001626000
12:001967800
13:002346900
14:0027360074
15:003154496130
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

Nooby442

31.5 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
928 metal received · 16667 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=2007
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=2000
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:58 · n=2003

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