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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and T2 constructor early, upgrades team mexes, and supplies the team with T2 constructors while transitioning into eco and defensive units.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (82%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 1791 distinct matches · 273 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 54% of 2118 · 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 1791 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 (32%)

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Solar
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Solar
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    9. Mex
    10. Solar
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Energy storage
    16. Wind
    17. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    18. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 3:03
    19. Wind
    20. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    21. Wind ×2
    22. OspreyHeavy transportfor Pond
    23. Wind ×3
    24. OspreyHeavy transport
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 5:45 · 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 · 1 step
    1. Wind ×2
  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 (42%) · Butler for allies (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 59 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 82 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:03 · typical 5:28
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×6
    12. Con turret
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:31
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    27. Con turret ×3
    28. Wind
    29. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    30. Wind
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:44
    32. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    64. Wind ×7
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:55
    71. Converter ×2
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Converter ×2
    74. Wind ×4
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter ×4
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. SprinterSprinter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Stud]Sargeras77's (31 OS, 16/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 83% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:51 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:06 · 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

2118 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165600
4:00314900
5:00484700
6:00580700
7:00724800
8:00908800
9:001121700
10:001354500
11:001626000
12:001968100
13:002346900
14:0027368074
15:003159092130
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

[Stud]Sargeras77

30.8 OS · 16/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
471 metal received · 50882 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=2118
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=2111
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:58 · n=2114

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