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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while supplying T2 and T1 constructors to teammates like Geo, then transitions into Citadel/Platypus/Umbrella defence as the game develops.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 833 distinct matches · 112 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 958 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab right away.
  2. Get bot lab up and begin feeding early cons.
  3. Start advanced bot lab to rush T2 factory.
  4. Finish T2 factory and push advanced metal extractor by 5:29.
  5. Build Citadel, Platypus and Umbrella as anti-nuke defence transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 833 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 1:17 · 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 4:04–4:28
    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 · 16 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×3
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Energy storage
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:15 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:18 · typical 5:29
    6. Converter ×2
  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 (48%) · Butler for allies (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 180 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    6. Wind
    7. ButlerButler ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. GunslingerGunslingerfor Suicide frontdone 8:16
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind ×2
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×4
    14. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    15. Wind ×2
    16. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    17. Wind ×2
    18. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    19. Wind ×2
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Windfor Geo sea
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Windfor Geo sea
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Windfor Geo sea
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Windfor Geo sea
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Windfor Geo sea
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Windfor Geo sea
    37. Wind
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind
    40. Windfor Geo sea
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Windfor Geo sea
    43. Wind
    44. HoundHound
    45. Wind
    46. Windfor Geo sea
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Windfor Geo sea
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Windfor Geo sea
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Windfor Geo sea
    56. Wind ×2
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Windfor Geo sea
    60. Wind
    61. ButlerButler
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Windfor Geo sea
    64. Wind ×2
    65. ButlerButler
    66. Wind ×6
    67. ButlerButler
    68. Wind ×3
    69. FatboyFatboynot finished by 15:00
    70. ArchangelArchangeldone 11:29
    71. Wind ×11
    72. ButlerButler
    73. ArchangelArchangel
    74. Wind ×8
    75. ButlerButler
    76. Wind ×12
    77. HoundHound
    78. Wind ×5
    79. HoundHound
    80. Wind ×10
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×10
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×11
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×6
    88. ButlerButler
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. ButlerButler
    93. Wind ×3
    94. ButlerButler
    95. Wind ×5
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. ButlerButler
    99. Wind ×5
    100. ButlerButler
    101. Wind ×2
    102. ButlerButler
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. ButlerButler
    107. Wind ×6
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. ButlerButler
    111. Wind ×11
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×7
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. ButlerButler
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×6
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×7
    128. Converter ×2
    129. Wind ×6
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×4
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×3
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×5
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×3
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind ×7
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×6
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×3
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×4
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×3
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×3
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×5
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zippo9's (37 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:48 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 41% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · 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

958 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164300
4:00315600
5:00486400
6:00580500
7:00723000
8:00907900
9:001124800
10:001357600
11:001642100
12:001998800
13:002374500
14:002753685106
15:0031617313235
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's textbook T2 rush, posting the highest metal production of any build shown (31617 by 15:00) with almost no early losses.

  • + T2 factory done by 4:15 in 97% of games, extremely consistent.
  • + Own metal lost is only 228 by 15:00, near untouched economy.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all builds shown at 53%, fast eco alone doesn't decide games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Zippo9

37.5 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1003 metal received · 32436 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=958
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=952
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=956

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