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Standard tech

Standard Tech play: rush T2 factory and constructor by ~4:15-4:33, upgrade the first mexes to advanced, and hand off constructors and army to Geo and allies while scaling eco over the game.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 710 distinct matches · 103 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 828 · 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 710 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:39 · 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 4:04–4:27
    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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Solar
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Solar
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:58 · 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 · 2 steps
    1. Wind ×5
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:26
  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 · 213 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:16 · typical 5:28
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    21. Wind ×4
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ButlerButler ×2for Geo sea
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. ButlerButler ×2
    32. Metal storage
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. ButlerButler
    39. Wind
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Converter
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind
    48. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:40
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind ×7
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×10
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×5
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Con turret
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×14
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×6
    73. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:18
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. FinchFinchfor Air
    79. Wind
    80. ShurikenShuriken ×2for Air
    81. Wind ×2
    82. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    83. Wind ×3
    84. ValiantValiantfor Air
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    88. Converter ×2
    89. Wind ×3
    90. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    91. Wind
    92. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    93. Wind
    94. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    95. Wind
    96. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    97. Wind ×3
    98. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    99. Converter ×2
    100. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    101. Wind
    102. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×4
    105. ShurikenShuriken ×3for Air
    106. Wind
    107. Converter ×2
    108. Wind ×2
    109. ShurikenShuriken ×3for Air
    110. Wind ×2
    111. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    112. Wind
    113. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    114. Converter ×2
    115. ShurikenShurikenfor Air
    116. Wind
    117. Fusion ReactorFusion
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Converter
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter ×3
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:54
    131. Wind ×4
    132. Converter ×3
    133. Wind ×3
    134. T2 converter
    135. Converter ×2
    136. Wind ×3
    137. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:03
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter ×2
    142. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    146. Converter
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    148. Converter
    149. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    150. T2 converter
    151. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×2
    156. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    157. Wind ×3
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    172. Wind ×2
    173. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    176. Converter
    177. Wind
    178. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    179. Converter
    180. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. BlitzBlitz ×4for Suicide front
    184. Wind ×2
    185. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    186. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:22
    187. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    188. Wind
    189. Converter ×2
    190. Wind ×3
    191. Converter ×2
    192. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    193. Converter ×3
    194. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    195. Converter
    196. Wind
    197. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    198. Converter
    199. BlitzBlitz ×5for Suicide front
    200. Converter
    201. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    202. Converter
    203. BlitzBlitz ×5for Suicide front
    204. Converter
    205. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    206. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:52
    207. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    208. Converter ×3
    209. Wind
    210. BlitzBlitz ×2
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Grumpiness's (50 OS, 16/09/2026); 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 Geo sea or Pondfirst 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 9:03 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:59 · 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

828 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163800
4:00315100
5:00486300
6:00580900
7:00723200
8:00908400
9:001124900
10:001356900
11:001639000
12:001993400
13:002367800
14:0027443113130
15:0031525358260
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

[Grump]Grumpiness

49.6 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
5679 metal received · 47854 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=828
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=822
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=826

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