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Standard tech

Standard Tech play: rush T2 factory and constructor by ~4:15-4:33, upgrade the first mexes to advanced, and hand off constructors and army to Geo and allies while scaling eco over the game.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 681 distinct matches · 101 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 793 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 lab by 4:15

  1. Take 3 mex, then wind and a Bot Lab to open eco fast.
  2. Push T2 lab out, aim to pass T2 to air player.
  3. Get first T2 constructor building, prioritize mex upgrades over eco.
  4. Finish Advanced Metal Extractor, keep upgrading team's mex.
  5. Add fus and anti-nuke, keep feeding T2 cons and Umbrella/Citadel to team.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 681 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 1:16 · 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 4:04–4:27
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:20 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Energy storage
    11. Mex
    12. Con turret ×3
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:51 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:35 · typical 5:28
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · Butler for allies (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 20/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst at 4:46 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:23 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:03 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:59 · 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

793 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163500
4:00314800
5:00486300
6:00580700
7:00722000
8:00906100
9:001124700
10:001355300
11:001634200
12:001985000
13:002364400
14:0027360125130
15:0031473385260
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline and wins slightly more than half its games with a huge metal lead but almost no kills, showing its value is economic not combat.

  • + Produces 31389 metal by 15:00, far above other roles.
  • + Reaches T2 lab and constructor by 4:15-4:33 almost every game.
  • − Barely destroys any enemy metal (400 by 15:00), no combat presence.
  • − Fusion Reactor and anti-nuke only land in 44% of games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

37.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1831 metal received · 28260 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=793
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=787
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=791

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