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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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:58 · 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 (36%)

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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (42 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

41.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
6004 metal received · 172736 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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