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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:08 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Energy storage
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind ×5
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:19 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:58 · typical 5:29
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 245 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. ButlerButler ×3
    11. Wind
    12. ButlerButler ×2
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    14. Wind ×10
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×3
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×6
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×4
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×5
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    28. Wind ×7
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×6
    31. Converter
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×4
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×4
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter ×2
    65. Wind ×6
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×3
    79. PlatypusPlatypus
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Wind ×4
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. ButlerButler
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. ButlerButler
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×4
    94. ButlerButler
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind ×5
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. Converter ×2
    104. Wind ×4
    105. PlatypusPlatypus
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Wind ×4
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. PlatypusPlatypus
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. Wind ×5
    123. Converter
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Wind ×4
    126. Converter
    127. PlatypusPlatypus
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×4
    131. PlatypusPlatypus
    132. Wind
    133. Converter ×2
    134. Wind ×4
    135. PlatypusPlatypus
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. Wind ×3
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×4
    144. PlatypusPlatypus
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×3
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×3
    149. PlatypusPlatypus
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×3
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Converter
    155. Wind
    156. PlatypusPlatypus
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×4
    160. Converter ×2
    161. Wind ×6
    162. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×10
    168. Converter
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×6
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×5
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×4
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×5
    178. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 14:17
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×3
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×8
    183. Converter
    184. Wind
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×6
    187. Converter
    188. Wind ×2
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×4
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×3
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×5
    197. Converter
    198. Wind ×4
    199. Converter
    200. Wind ×2
    201. Converter
    202. Wind ×7
    203. Converter ×2
    204. Wind ×6
    205. Converter ×2
    206. Wind ×6
    207. Converter
    208. Wind ×3
    209. Converter
    210. Wind ×3
    211. Converter
    212. Wind ×6
    213. Converter ×2
    214. Wind ×8
    215. Converter
    216. Wind ×5
    217. Converter
    218. Wind ×4
    219. Converter
    220. Wind ×2
    221. MarauderMarauderdone 14:30
    222. Wind ×4
    223. Converter
    224. Wind
    225. Converter
    226. Wind ×7
    227. Converter
    228. Wind
    229. Converter
    230. MarauderMarauder
    231. Wind ×7
    232. Converter
    233. Wind
    234. Converter
    235. Wind ×4
    236. MarauderMarauder
    237. Wind
    238. Converter
    239. Wind ×6
    240. Converter
    241. Wind ×2
    242. Converter
    243. Wind ×4
    244. MarauderMarauder
    245. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]1347's (36 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

[NWP]1347

36.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
882 metal received · 64393 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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