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Standard tech

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractors while supplying T2 constructors to teammates, then transitions into anti-nuke and support units later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 762 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 882 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 lab by 4:15

  1. Take 3 mex, then wind and a Bot Lab to open eco fast.
  2. Push T2 lab out, aim to pass T2 to air player.
  3. Get first T2 constructor building, prioritize mex upgrades over eco.
  4. Finish Advanced Metal Extractor, keep upgrading team's mex.
  5. Add fus and anti-nuke, keep feeding T2 cons and Umbrella/Citadel to team.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 762 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 ~1:17, middle half 1:13–1:32

    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 1:17 · typical 1:17
  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 4:04–4:27
    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. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:17 · 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 (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
  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 (47%) · Butler for allies (38%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 250 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:43 · typical 5:29
    2. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 6:53
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    10. Wind ×3
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler ×3
    14. Con turretfor Geo
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    23. Wind ×7
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind ×5
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Wind ×3
    60. ButlerButler
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. ButlerButler
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. ButlerButler
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. ButlerButler
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter ×2
    78. Wind ×2
    79. ButlerButler
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Wind ×7
    87. ButlerButler
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. ButlerButler
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×8
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×4
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×6
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×7
    104. Converter ×2
    105. Wind ×8
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×4
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×5
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×7
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×7
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:43
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Con turret
    129. Converter
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Con turret ×3
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Converter
    135. Con turret ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Energy storage
    141. Converter ×2
    142. TracerTracer
    143. Con turret ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret ×2
    149. Converter
    150. Metal storage
    151. Wind
    152. Converter ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:21
    155. Converter ×2
    156. Wind
    157. Converter ×2
    158. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:28
    159. StormbringerBomber
    160. Wind
    161. StormbringerBomber ×2
    162. Wind ×2
    163. StormbringerBomber
    164. Converter ×2
    165. StormbringerBomber ×2
    166. Wind ×3
    167. StormbringerBomber
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×5
    170. StormbringerBomber
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. StormbringerBomber
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. StormbringerBomber
    177. Wind ×4
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. StormbringerBomber
    181. Wind
    182. StormbringerBomber
    183. Wind ×2
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. StormbringerBomber
    187. Wind
    188. StormbringerBomber
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. StormbringerBomber
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Converter
    195. BansheeBanshee ×2
    196. Wind
    197. FalconFighter ×2
    198. Wind ×4
    199. FalconFighter ×2
    200. Wind
    201. Converter
    202. Wind
    203. FalconFighter ×2
    204. Wind ×2
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. FalconFighter ×2
    208. Wind ×3
    209. FalconFighter ×2
    210. Converter
    211. Wind ×3
    212. FalconFighter
    213. Wind ×2
    214. FalconFighter
    215. Converter
    216. Wind ×2
    217. FalconFighter
    218. Converter
    219. Wind ×3
    220. FalconFighter ×2
    221. Wind
    222. Converter ×2
    223. Wind ×2
    224. FalconFighter
    225. Wind ×2
    226. FalconFighter ×3
    227. Wind ×2
    228. StormbringerBomber ×2
    229. Converter
    230. Wind ×3
    231. Converter
    232. Wind
    233. StormbringerBomber ×2
    234. Wind ×4
    235. StormbringerBomber ×2
    236. Wind ×2
    237. Converter
    238. Wind ×2
    239. Converter
    240. StormbringerBomber ×2
    241. Wind ×5
    242. StormbringerBomber ×2
    243. Wind
    244. Converter
    245. Wind ×3
    246. Converter
    247. StormbringerBomber
    248. Wind
    249. StormbringerBomber
    250. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (42 OS, 29/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst at 4:46 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

882 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164400
4:00315200
5:00486600
6:00581100
7:00723300
8:00907900
9:001125300
10:001358400
11:001641600
12:001998800
13:002377500
14:002754990108
15:0031616324206
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline and wins slightly more than half its games with a huge metal lead but almost no kills, showing its value is economic not combat.

  • + Produces 31389 metal by 15:00, far above other roles.
  • + Reaches T2 lab and constructor by 4:15-4:33 almost every game.
  • − Barely destroys any enemy metal (400 by 15:00), no combat presence.
  • − Fusion Reactor and anti-nuke only land in 44% of games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

41.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

25 received units
4386 metal received · 78993 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:32 · n=882
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=876
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=880

Played most by

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