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Standard tech

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractors while supplying T2 constructors to teammates, then transitions into anti-nuke and support units later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 762 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 882 · 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 762 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 1:13–1:32

    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 1:11 · 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 4:04–4:27
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:19 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. Energy storage
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:13 · 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 (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:36 · typical 5:29
    11. Wind
  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 (47%) · Butler for allies (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 59 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 99 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    10. Wind
    11. HoundHound ×3for Suicide front
    12. Wind
    13. HoundHound ×2for Suicide front
    14. Wind
    15. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    16. Wind
    17. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    18. ButlerButler ×2for Geo sea
    19. Con turret
    20. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    21. Wind
    22. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    25. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    26. SprinterSprinterfor Suicide front
    27. Wind
    28. SprinterSprinter ×2for Suicide front
    29. Con turret
    30. SprinterSprinterfor Suicide front
    31. Wind
    32. SprinterSprinter ×5for Suicide front
    33. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:20
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. SprinterSprinterfor Suicide front
    36. Wind
    37. HoundHound ×3for Suicide front
    38. Wind
    39. HoundHound ×3for Suicide front
    40. Wind
    41. ButlerButler ×2
    42. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:21
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Con turret
    48. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    49. Wind
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Con turret
    52. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    53. Wind
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    59. ButlerButler
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    62. GunslingerGunslingerdone 11:57
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    65. Wind ×3
    66. GunslingerGunslinger
    67. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    70. Wind ×2
    71. GunslingerGunslinger
    72. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    73. Wind ×3
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    76. Wind ×3
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. Wind ×6
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. ButlerButler
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. ButlerButler
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. CrossbowCrossbow
    91. Wind ×3
    92. CrossbowCrossbow
    93. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    94. Wind ×5
    95. CrossbowCrossbow
    96. Wind ×3
    97. CrossbowCrossbow
    98. Metal storage
    99. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NotReal's (41 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 5:21 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

882 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164400
4:00315200
5:00486600
6:00581100
7:00723300
8:00907900
9:001125300
10:001358400
11:001641600
12:001998800
13:002377500
14:002754990108
15:0031616324206
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

NotReal

40.8 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
8272 metal received · 94130 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:32 · n=882
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=876
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=880

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