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Standard tech

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 · 1591 distinct matches · 254 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1901 · 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 1591 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · 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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×6
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:25 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Wind
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    8. Converter
    9. Solar
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:33 · typical 5:28
  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 · 157 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Solar
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    23. Con turret ×2
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    25. ButlerButler ×4
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler
    28. GhostGhost
    29. ButlerButler
    30. SprinterSprinterfor Geo sea
    31. Con turret
    32. SprinterSprinterfor Geo sea
    33. Wind ×2
    34. SprinterSprinterfor Geo sea
    35. Wind ×2
    36. SprinterSprinterfor Geo sea
    37. ButlerButler ×8
    38. Wind
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Wind
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind ×2
    49. ButlerButler ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Windfor Geo sea
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Windfor Geo sea
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Windfor Geo sea
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Windfor Geo sea
    74. Wind ×7
    75. Converter ×2
    76. Wind ×5
    77. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:36
    78. Metal storage
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter ×2
    81. Wind ×6
    82. Converter ×2
    83. Wind
    84. SprinterSprinter
    85. Wind ×5
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Windfor Geo sea
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Windfor Geo sea
    97. Wind ×5
    98. Converter ×2
    99. Wind ×10
    100. Converter ×2
    101. Wind ×5
    102. Energy storagefor Geo sea
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:29
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter ×2
    107. Wind ×5
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Wind ×5
    112. Converter ×2
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Mex
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Converter
    122. TracerTracer
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×6
    126. Converter
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×4
    131. Converter ×2
    132. Wind ×4
    133. Con turret
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Converter ×2
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×4
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×4
    150. Converter
    151. Fusion ReactorFusion
    152. Wind ×4
    153. Converter ×2
    154. Wind
    155. Mex
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RiskyDonut's (31 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst 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

1901 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
6:00580200
7:00723000
8:00906500
9:001117900
10:001352400
11:001624200
12:001965200
13:002342800
14:0027285074
15:0031507115130
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

RiskyDonut

31.1 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1675 metal received · 71423 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=1901
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1894
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1897

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