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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 · 1579 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1874 · 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 1579 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:45 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Pond
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:56 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
  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 · 143 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:50 · typical 5:29
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Pond
    19. ButlerButler ×2
    20. ButlerButler ×3for Geo sea
    21. Wind
    22. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×2
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×4
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×5
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×6
    55. Converter
    56. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:27
    57. Wind ×4
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×5
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×5
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×5
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×5
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×5
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×6
    70. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×8
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×4
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×5
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. TracerTracer
    81. Wind ×5
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Con turret
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×5
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:02
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×5
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×5
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×4
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×3
    116. T2 converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×5
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×4
    122. T2 converter
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×4
    125. Fusion ReactorFusion
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×6
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×4
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×3
    133. EllysawFrigate
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×4
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00
    140. Wind ×3
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×6
    143. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Private_Gator's (30 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 9:07 · 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

050100
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1874 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314400
5:00484700
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001117300
10:001350300
11:001624200
12:001965600
13:002344500
14:0027362073
15:003154285130
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

Private_Gator

30.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
626 metal received · 36759 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=1874
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1867
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1870

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