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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 · 681 distinct matches · 101 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 793 · 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 681 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 (30%)

    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 1:11 · 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 ~4:15, 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×6
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:27 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Energy storage
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind
    6. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:37
    7. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · Butler for allies (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 277 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:25 · typical 5:28
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. ButlerButler ×3
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    14. ButlerButler ×3
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    16. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    21. Wind ×4
    22. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    23. Wind ×3
    24. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter ×2
    40. Metal storage
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:21
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:31
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Converter
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz ×2
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz ×2
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz ×2
    96. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:55
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Converter
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. PawnPawn
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. PawnPawn
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Converter
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind ×2
    157. TickTick
    158. BlitzBlitz ×2
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. TickTick
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Converter
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Converter
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz ×2
    187. TickTick
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×2
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. PawnPawn
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. Wind
    194. Converter
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. Wind
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn
    200. Converter
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. Wind
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. Wind
    205. PawnPawn
    206. BlitzBlitz
    207. Converter
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Wind
    212. BlitzBlitz ×2
    213. Wind
    214. PawnPawn
    215. Converter
    216. BlitzBlitz ×2
    217. TickTick
    218. Wind
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. Converter
    221. TickTick
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. Wind
    224. BlitzBlitz ×2
    225. TickTick
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. TickTick
    228. BlitzBlitz
    229. Wind
    230. Converter
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. TickTick
    233. BlitzBlitz
    234. Wind
    235. BlitzBlitz
    236. Wind
    237. LazarusLazarus
    238. BlitzBlitz ×2
    239. Wind
    240. BlitzBlitz
    241. Wind
    242. Converter
    243. BlitzBlitz
    244. PawnPawn
    245. BlitzBlitz
    246. Wind
    247. TickTick
    248. BlitzBlitz
    249. TickTick
    250. BlitzBlitz
    251. Wind
    252. Converter
    253. Wind
    254. BlitzBlitz ×2
    255. PawnPawn
    256. BlitzBlitz
    257. Wind ×2
    258. BlitzBlitz
    259. PawnPawn
    260. Converter
    261. BlitzBlitz ×2
    262. Wind ×2
    263. PawnPawn
    264. BlitzBlitz ×2
    265. Wind
    266. PawnPawn
    267. Wind
    268. Converter
    269. BlitzBlitz
    270. PawnPawn
    271. BlitzBlitz
    272. Wind
    273. BlitzBlitz
    274. Wind
    275. BlitzBlitz
    276. TickTick
    277. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is thermite's (35 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 5:23 · 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 3:59 · in 85% 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

793 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163500
4:00314800
5:00486300
6:00580700
7:00722000
8:00906100
9:001124700
10:001355300
11:001634200
12:001985000
13:002364400
14:0027360125130
15:0031473385260
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

thermite

35.4 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
4908 metal received · 59967 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=793
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=787
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=791

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