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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Energy storage
    13. Con turret
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:02 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:44 · typical 5:28
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×3
  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 · 176 steps
    1. Wind
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:34
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    12. Wind ×2
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    16. Wind ×8
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind ×5
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×4
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×6
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Energy storage
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind ×4
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PlatypusPlatypus
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. PlatypusPlatypus
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PlatypusPlatypus
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. PlatypusPlatypus
    57. Wind ×3
    58. PlatypusPlatypus
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. PlatypusPlatypus
    63. Wind ×4
    64. PlatypusPlatypus
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. ArchangelArchangeldone 10:23
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Converter
    70. ArchangelArchangel
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    75. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. ButlerButler
    79. Wind ×2
    80. ButlerButler
    81. Wind ×3
    82. ButlerButler
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. JunoJuno
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:26
    107. Wind
    108. Metal storage
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    115. Con turret
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Con turret ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:02
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. TracerTracer
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. HighwindHighwind
    133. Wind
    134. HighwindHighwind
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. HighwindHighwind
    139. Wind ×2
    140. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    141. HighwindHighwind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. StilettoStilettonot finished by 15:00
    145. Wind
    146. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    147. StilettoStiletto
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×4
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×11
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×4
    155. StilettoStiletto
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×3
    159. StilettoStiletto
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×3
    163. Converter
    164. HighwindHighwind
    165. Wind ×3
    166. HighwindHighwind
    167. Wind ×3
    168. HighwindHighwind
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. StilettoStiletto
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. StilettoStiletto
    176. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

zeus_on_god

36.7 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
5620 metal received · 80482 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

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