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Standard tech

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 · 1579 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1874 · 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 1579 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 ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. TickTick ×5
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    13. Con turret
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Energy storage
    22. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:50 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×4
  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 (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:31
    3. Wind ×5
    4. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Energy storagefor Pond
    7. Wind ×4
    8. ChainsawChainsaw
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 8:42 · typical 5:29
    12. Converter ×8
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    14. Converter
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×3for Geo sea
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    21. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    22. Con turret ×2
    23. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:13
    24. WelderWelder
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactor
    27. Fusion ReactorFusion
    28. T2 converter ×2
    29. Con turret ×2
    30. ChainsawChainsaw ×3
    31. PlatypusPlatypus ×3
    32. Con turret
    33. PlatypusPlatypus ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ITz_Sifu's (34 OS, 03/08/2026); 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 Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:50 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:07 · in 42% 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

050100
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1874 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314400
5:00484700
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001117300
10:001350300
11:001624200
12:001965600
13:002344500
14:0027362073
15:003154285130
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

ITz_Sifu

34.1 OS · 03/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2463 metal received · 154881 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=1874
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1867
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1870

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