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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 · 1580 distinct matches · 252 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1886 · 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 1580 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:55 · 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. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:48 · typical 5:28
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 233 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 6:40
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. ButlerButler ×4
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind ×2
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×3
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×4
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    21. Wind ×4
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×4
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×5
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×4
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×5
    37. ButlerButler
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×6
    43. Converter
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×6
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Converter
    51. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×5
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×5
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Metal storage
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:31
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×5
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×5
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×4
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×5
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×4
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. ButlerButler
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×5
    97. ButlerButler
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. PlatypusPlatypus
    108. Wind ×3
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Wind ×4
    113. PlatypusPlatypus
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×4
    119. PlatypusPlatypus
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. PlatypusPlatypus
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×4
    127. PlatypusPlatypus
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. PlatypusPlatypus
    132. Wind ×3
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×3
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×4
    141. PlatypusPlatypus
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×4
    145. Converter
    146. PlatypusPlatypus
    147. Wind ×4
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×2
    150. PlatypusPlatypus
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×2
    154. PlatypusPlatypus
    155. Wind ×3
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. PlatypusPlatypus
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. PlatypusPlatypus
    163. Wind ×5
    164. Converter
    165. PlatypusPlatypus
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. PlatypusPlatypus
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. PlatypusPlatypus
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×3
    181. PlatypusPlatypus
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×4
    185. PlatypusPlatypus
    186. Wind ×2
    187. Converter
    188. Wind ×4
    189. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    190. Wind ×2
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×2
    193. Converter
    194. Wind
    195. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    196. Wind ×4
    197. Converter
    198. Wind ×2
    199. Metal storage
    200. Wind
    201. Converter
    202. Wind ×3
    203. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    204. Wind ×2
    205. Con turret
    206. Converter
    207. Wind ×5
    208. Converter
    209. Wind
    210. Con turret
    211. T2 converter
    212. Wind ×5
    213. Converter
    214. Wind
    215. Con turret
    216. Wind ×4
    217. Converter
    218. Wind
    219. Con turret
    220. Wind ×6
    221. Converter
    222. Con turret
    223. Converter
    224. Wind ×4
    225. Con turret
    226. Wind ×2
    227. Con turret
    228. Wind ×3
    229. Converter
    230. Wind ×2
    231. Con turret
    232. Wind
    233. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CookieTwoStep's (31 OS, 01/09/2026); 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 Pond or Geo seafirst at 4:50 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:06 · in 43% 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

1886 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165200
4:00314400
5:00484800
6:00580200
7:00723200
8:00906400
9:001117700
10:001351300
11:001624200
12:001965600
13:002342600
14:0027286074
15:0031503110130
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

CookieTwoStep

30.6 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
9360 metal received · 50144 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=1886
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1879
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1882

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