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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes the T2 bot lab and advanced metal extractors while supplying teammates with constructors, scaling eco through the standard Citadel/Umbrella/Platypus transition.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (83%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 1662 distinct matches · 259 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 54% of 1977 · 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 1662 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 (32%)

    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 1:33 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon botfor unknown
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:49 · 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. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. Converter ×2
    5. 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 · 177 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 6:02 · typical 5:28
    3. ButlerButler ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    5. ButlerButler ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Wind ×2
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Beach sea
    13. Wind ×6
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×3
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×2
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×5
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×5
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×4
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×5
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:20
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Wind ×5
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. BeholderBeholder
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. BeholderBeholder
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. BeholderBeholder
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    90. Converter ×2
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Metal storage
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:12
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. BeholderBeholder
    108. Converter ×3
    109. SprinterSprinter
    110. Converter ×2
    111. SprinterSprinter
    112. Converter ×2
    113. SprinterSprinter ×2
    114. Converter ×2
    115. SprinterSprinter ×2
    116. Converter
    117. SprinterSprinter
    118. Converter ×2
    119. SprinterSprinter ×2
    120. Converter ×2
    121. SprinterSprinter
    122. Converter ×4
    123. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    124. Converter ×5
    125. Fusion ReactorFusion
    126. Converter ×10
    127. TracerTracer
    128. Wind
    129. Converter ×2
    130. Wind ×5
    131. Converter ×2
    132. Wind ×4
    133. Con turret
    134. BeholderBeholder
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. BeholderBeholder
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter ×2
    145. Wind ×4
    146. BeholderBeholder
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Converter
    150. BeholderBeholder
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×5
    157. Converter ×2
    158. Wind
    159. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:41
    160. Wind ×6
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×3
    165. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    166. Wind ×2
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    172. Wind ×4
    173. Converter
    174. Fusion ReactorFusion
    175. Wind
    176. Converter
    177. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iriS_xe's (31 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 4:51 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:06 · 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

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1977 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165400
4:00314400
5:00484600
6:00580300
7:00723300
8:00906900
9:001119900
10:001353800
11:001625700
12:001967700
13:002346000
14:0027328074
15:0031531105130
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

iriS_xe

30.8 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3020 metal received · 91719 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=1977
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1970
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:58 · n=1973

Played most by

Amrissa95games of this buildTheGeneraI70games of this buildAdeus57games of this buildEl_Turco56games of this buildKOT_45games of this build
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