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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while supplying T2 and T1 constructors to teammates like Geo, then transitions into Citadel/Platypus/Umbrella defence as the game develops.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 833 distinct matches · 112 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 958 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab right away.
  2. Get bot lab up and begin feeding early cons.
  3. Start advanced bot lab to rush T2 factory.
  4. Finish T2 factory and push advanced metal extractor by 5:29.
  5. Build Citadel, Platypus and Umbrella as anti-nuke defence transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 833 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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 4:04–4:28
    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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Energy storage
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:21 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:36 · typical 5:29
    11. Wind
    12. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 5:25
    13. Wind
  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 (48%) · Butler for allies (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 192 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    30. Wind
    31. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    32. Con turret
    33. Converter
    34. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:09
    43. Con turret
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×2
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Con turret
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×8
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×5
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 12:33
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter ×2
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Converter
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:48
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Pit BullPit Bull
    118. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    119. Wind
    120. Converter ×2
    121. Wind
    122. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    135. Wind ×3
    136. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    140. Wind
    141. Converter ×2
    142. Wind
    143. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    144. Wind ×2
    145. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×3
    148. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    155. Wind ×2
    156. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×3
    159. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    160. Converter
    161. Con turret
    162. Wind ×2
    163. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    164. Wind
    165. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Converter
    171. Con turret
    172. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Con turret
    176. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    177. Wind ×2
    178. Converter
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind
    181. Con turret
    182. Wind
    183. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    184. Converter
    185. Con turret
    186. Wind ×2
    187. Converter
    188. PlatypusPlatypus ×2for Beach sea
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (46 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:48 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 41% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · in 85% 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

958 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164300
4:00315600
5:00486400
6:00580500
7:00723000
8:00907900
9:001124800
10:001357600
11:001642100
12:001998800
13:002374500
14:002753685106
15:0031617313235
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's textbook T2 rush, posting the highest metal production of any build shown (31617 by 15:00) with almost no early losses.

  • + T2 factory done by 4:15 in 97% of games, extremely consistent.
  • + Own metal lost is only 228 by 15:00, near untouched economy.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all builds shown at 53%, fast eco alone doesn't decide games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Gieds

46.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
3297 metal received · 96596 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=958
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=952
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=956

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