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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 · 1574 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1868 · 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 1574 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 ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:30 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    12. Solar
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:43 · 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. Wind ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. Converter ×3
    5. Wind ×3
    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 (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 248 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Converter ×4
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 6:11 · typical 5:29
    6. ButlerButler ×2
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    8. Wind ×7
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Solar
    12. Wind
    13. Solar
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    17. Wind
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×3
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×3
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×4
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    28. Converter
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Converter
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Con turret
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×6
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. ButlerButler
    56. Wind ×3
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. ButlerButler
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. ButlerButler
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Metal storage
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind ×5
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:51
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×6
    84. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Converter
    88. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:25
    89. Wind ×8
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×7
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×5
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×4
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. T2 converter
    106. Wind ×3
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Converter
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×5
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×6
    127. Converter
    128. T2 converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×6
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×4
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×5
    136. TracerTracer
    137. Wind
    138. Converter ×2
    139. Wind ×5
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:24
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    146. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:40
    152. Converter
    153. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    154. Wind ×6
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×7
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×3
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Wind
    166. Con turret
    167. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    168. Wind
    169. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind
    178. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×2
    181. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:00
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. Con turret
    184. Wind ×4
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. Wind
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:08
    189. Wind
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. Converter
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. Wind
    196. BlitzBlitz ×2
    197. Wind
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. T2 converter
    200. Wind ×2
    201. BlitzBlitz ×2
    202. Converter ×2
    203. Wind ×2
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. Wind ×2
    206. BlitzBlitz ×2
    207. Wind
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. Converter
    210. Wind
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    214. Wind
    215. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    216. Wind ×3
    217. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    218. Wind ×3
    219. Converter
    220. Wind ×2
    221. Converter
    222. Wind ×3
    223. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:42
    224. Wind ×4
    225. FalconFighter
    226. Converter
    227. Wind ×2
    228. FalconFighter
    229. Converter
    230. FalconFighter
    231. Wind ×2
    232. FalconFighter
    233. Wind ×2
    234. FalconFighter
    235. Wind
    236. Converter
    237. Wind
    238. FalconFighter ×2
    239. Wind
    240. FalconFighter
    241. Wind ×3
    242. FalconFighter
    243. Fusion ReactorFusion
    244. Converter
    245. Wind
    246. Converter
    247. FalconFighter
    248. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Jockeljkl's (31 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:24 · 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

1868 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314300
5:00484800
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001116900
10:001350200
11:001623900
12:001965200
13:002344100
14:0027357074
15:003153885130
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

Jockeljkl

30.8 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1633 metal received · 97211 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=1868
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1861
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1864

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