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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 (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 765 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 885 · 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 765 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 ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:23 · 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 ×2
    6. Energy storage
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Converter ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×2
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labfor Ponddone 4:40 · typical 4:15
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor 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 · 106 steps
    1. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 6:00
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:35 · typical 5:29
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    6. Con turret
    7. ButlerButler ×3
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×9
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×7
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    23. Wind ×4
    24. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:19
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:43
    27. Wind ×19
    28. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Suicide frontdone 11:40
    29. Metal storage
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. T2 converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Fusion ReactorFusion
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Converter ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. T2 converter
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. T2 converter
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Converter ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Fusion ReactorFusion
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Converter ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Converter ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Converter ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Con turret
    97. Converter ×2
    98. Wind
    99. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    100. Wind
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GeeGee's (37 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 9:02 · 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

885 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164200
4:00315100
5:00486700
6:00581000
7:00723300
8:00909300
9:001125100
10:001358500
11:001641800
12:002002700
13:002381700
14:002755490104
15:0031617315204
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

GeeGee

36.7 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
3444 metal received · 123124 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=885
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=879
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=883

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