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Standard tech

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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · 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. Wind ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Solar
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:32 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Solar
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:26 · typical 5:29
  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 · 64 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. FatboyFatboyfor Suicide frontdone 7:20
    10. Wind ×5
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    24. Wind ×6
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    26. Wind ×18
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    28. Wind ×7
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×5
    35. Converter ×2
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Metal storage
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×6
    48. Converter
    49. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:37
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×5
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×17

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GoldReasons's (33 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 4:50 · 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

GoldReasons

32.6 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
2132 metal received · 38266 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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