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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:17 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Energy storage
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:59 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:09 · typical 5:29
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
  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 · 250 steps
    1. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    8. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    19. Wind
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×3
    28. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    29. Wind ×4
    30. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×5
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Energy storage
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Energy storage
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. ButlerButler
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Energy storage
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×6
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. ButlerButler
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×5
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. ButlerButler
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×6
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. ButlerButler
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×6
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. ButlerButler
    84. Wind ×5
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×4
    87. ButlerButler
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×4
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. ButlerButler
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×4
    101. ButlerButler
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×6
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:56
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×4
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×5
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×4
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×4
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×4
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×5
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×3
    136. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×6
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×5
    148. ButlerButler
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:56
    154. Wind ×7
    155. Converter ×2
    156. Wind ×7
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×6
    161. Converter ×2
    162. Wind
    163. Con turret
    164. Wind ×9
    165. Converter ×2
    166. Wind ×9
    167. Converter
    168. SharpshooterSniper botdone 13:33
    169. Wind
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. Wind ×6
    174. Converter ×2
    175. Wind ×7
    176. Converter
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. Wind ×6
    180. Converter ×2
    181. Wind ×8
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×6
    186. Con turret
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind ×9
    192. Converter
    193. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×7
    196. Converter
    197. Wind
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×3
    200. Metal storage
    201. Wind ×4
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×3
    204. Converter
    205. Wind ×4
    206. Converter
    207. Wind ×3
    208. Converter
    209. Wind ×5
    210. Con turret
    211. Wind ×2
    212. Converter
    213. Wind
    214. Converter
    215. Wind ×6
    216. Converter
    217. Wind
    218. Converter
    219. Wind ×5
    220. Converter
    221. Wind
    222. Converter ×2
    223. Wind ×6
    224. Converter ×2
    225. Wind ×4
    226. Converter
    227. Wind ×3
    228. Converter
    229. Wind ×6
    230. Converter
    231. Wind ×2
    232. Con turret
    233. Converter
    234. Wind ×2
    235. Converter
    236. Wind ×6
    237. Converter ×2
    238. Wind
    239. Con turret
    240. Wind ×5
    241. Converter ×2
    242. Wind ×2
    243. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    244. Wind
    245. Converter
    246. Wind
    247. Fusion ReactorFusion
    248. Wind
    249. Con turret
    250. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pentry'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

Pentry

35.7 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1540 metal received · 48997 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

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