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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while supplying T2 and T1 constructors to teammates like Geo, then transitions into Citadel/Platypus/Umbrella defence as the game develops.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 772 distinct matches · 109 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 893 · 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 772 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

    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 1:08 · 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. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:39 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:29 · typical 5:29
    5. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:33
    6. Wind ×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 · 211 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. ButlerButler ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×3
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×6
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×4
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind ×4
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind ×3
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind ×4
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Wind ×6
    37. ButlerButler
    38. Wind ×7
    39. Converter
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×6
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter ×2
    58. Wind ×3
    59. ButlerButler
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×5
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×5
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×5
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. T2 converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Converter ×2
    90. Wind ×5
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×5
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×4
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×7
    110. Converter
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Wind ×7
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×3
    117. PlatypusPlatypus
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×5
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. T2 converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PlatypusPlatypus
    127. Wind ×5
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×6
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×8
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. Wind
    142. Converter ×2
    143. Wind ×7
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×2
    146. PlatypusPlatypus
    147. Wind ×3
    148. Converter
    149. T2 converter
    150. Wind ×3
    151. PlatypusPlatypus
    152. Wind
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×5
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Con turret
    158. Wind ×3
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. PlatypusPlatypus
    162. Wind ×4
    163. Converter ×2
    164. Wind ×2
    165. PlatypusPlatypus
    166. Wind ×6
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. PlatypusPlatypus
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. PlatypusPlatypus
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×4
    177. Converter
    178. PlatypusPlatypus
    179. Wind ×4
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. PlatypusPlatypus
    183. Wind ×7
    184. PlatypusPlatypus
    185. Converter ×2
    186. Wind ×6
    187. Converter
    188. Wind ×3
    189. Converter
    190. Wind ×4
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×7
    193. Converter ×2
    194. Wind ×7
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×4
    197. Converter
    198. PlatypusPlatypus
    199. Wind ×5
    200. Converter
    201. PlatypusPlatypus
    202. Wind ×5
    203. Converter
    204. PlatypusPlatypus
    205. Con turret
    206. Wind ×3
    207. Converter
    208. Wind ×3
    209. PlatypusPlatypus
    210. Wind ×3
    211. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]1347's (36 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 4:47 · 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 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

893 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164200
4:00315100
5:00486600
6:00580800
7:00723000
8:00907000
9:001124900
10:001357900
11:001640900
12:001997300
13:002378500
14:002755490104
15:0031617323204
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

[NWP]1347

35.8 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1742 metal received · 110358 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=893
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=887
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=891

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