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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 · 732 distinct matches · 105 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 850 · 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 732 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 1:20 · 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 3:20 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind ×3
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Converter ×8
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 5:07 · 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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (38 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 2:23 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:47 · 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 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

850 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164100
4:00315000
5:00486400
6:00581300
7:00724600
8:00910500
9:001126400
10:001358500
11:001641200
12:002000600
13:002373000
14:0027484110130
15:0031535348260
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

KOT_

38.5 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1618 metal received · 52933 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=850
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=844
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=848

Played most by

Amrissa100games of this buildSyphos39games of this buildKOT_38games of this buildAdeus33games of this buildTeaner31games of this build