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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 · 1602 distinct matches · 255 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1912 · 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 1602 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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:17 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:15 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Mex
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:29
    5. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 5:13
  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 · 222 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    6. Wind
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Wind
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×4
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×2
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind ×3
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 10:10
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×6
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind ×3
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×4
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter ×2
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. ButlerButler
    65. Wind ×2
    66. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:27
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. ButlerButler
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. ButlerButler
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. ButlerButler
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×4
    89. Converter
    90. ButlerButler
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. ButlerButler
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Converter
    98. ButlerButler
    99. Converter
    100. Metal storage
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. ButlerButler
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter ×2
    110. Wind ×4
    111. Converter
    112. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    113. Converter ×2
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Converter ×3
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Con turret
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter ×2
    129. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:47
    130. Wind ×4
    131. Converter
    132. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    133. Converter
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Wind ×4
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×4
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×4
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Converter ×2
    164. Wind ×5
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×4
    169. Converter ×2
    170. Wind ×5
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×4
    179. Converter
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×4
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×4
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. Converter
    190. Fusion ReactorFusion
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×5
    194. Converter
    195. Wind
    196. Converter
    197. Wind ×4
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Converter
    201. Wind
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×3
    204. Converter
    205. Wind ×2
    206. Converter
    207. Wind ×4
    208. Converter
    209. Wind ×2
    210. Converter ×2
    211. Wind ×5
    212. Converter
    213. Wind
    214. Converter
    215. Wind ×5
    216. Converter
    217. Wind ×3
    218. Converter
    219. Wind ×3
    220. Converter ×2
    221. Wind ×4
    222. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BigRowan's (33 OS, 06/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 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 9:06 · 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

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1912 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165200
4:00314400
5:00484800
6:00579900
7:00722700
8:00906500
9:001118000
10:001352000
11:001624200
12:001965200
13:002343000
14:0027286074
15:0031503108130
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

BigRowan

32.5 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
2545 metal received · 78295 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=1912
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1905
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1908

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