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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 · 1574 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1868 · 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 1574 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:23 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    12. Windfor Pond
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Windfor Pond
    15. Con turret
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:57 · 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 ×2for Pond
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
  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 (37%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 104 steps
    1. Wind ×2for Pond
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Windfor Pond
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:29 · typical 5:29
    5. Wind ×2for Pond
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    7. Windfor Pond
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind ×2for Pond
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Windfor Pond
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Windfor Pond
    21. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 9:49
    22. Wind ×2for Pond
    23. ButlerButler ×3
    24. Windfor Pond
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Wind ×2for Pond
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    32. Wind ×2for Pond
    33. Wind
    34. Windfor Pond
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Wind ×2for Pond
    38. Wind
    39. Windfor Pond
    40. Con turret
    41. Windfor Pond
    42. Wind
    43. T2 converter
    44. Windfor Pond
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×3for Pond
    48. Wind
    49. Windfor Pond
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Windfor Pond
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Windfor Pond
    54. Wind ×6
    55. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×3
    59. TracerTracer
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:13
    65. Wind ×5
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×26
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×3
    70. TracerTracer
    71. Wind ×2
    72. T2 converter
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×15
    76. T2 converter
    77. Wind ×7
    78. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:27
    79. Wind ×8
    80. FalconFighter
    81. Wind
    82. FalconFighter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. FalconFighter
    85. Wind
    86. FalconFighter
    87. Wind
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Wind
    90. FalconFighter ×2
    91. Wind ×3
    92. FalconFighter ×2
    93. Wind
    94. FalconFighter
    95. Wind
    96. FalconFighter
    97. Wind
    98. FalconFighter
    99. Wind
    100. FalconFighter
    101. Wind
    102. FalconFighter
    103. Wind
    104. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Norpertuz's (30 OS, 23/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:24 · 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

1868 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314300
5:00484800
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001116900
10:001350200
11:001623900
12:001965200
13:002344100
14:0027357074
15:003153885130
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

Norpertuz

30.1 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
2779 metal received · 76130 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=1868
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1861
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1864

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