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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while sending the first T2 constructor to Geo, scaling team eco and mex upgrades through the full 15 minutes.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 915 distinct matches · 122 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1052 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab right away.
  2. Get bot lab up and begin feeding early cons.
  3. Start advanced bot lab to rush T2 factory.
  4. Finish T2 factory and push advanced metal extractor by 5:29.
  5. Build Citadel, Platypus and Umbrella as anti-nuke defence transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 915 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 1:13–1:31

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:25 · 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 4:04–4:28
    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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Air
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Air
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:27 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    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 · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:32
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:01 · typical 5:29
  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 (50%) · Butler for allies (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 59 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 72 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    3. GunslingerGunslingernot finished by 15:00
    4. Wind
    5. CompassRadar botfor Pond
    6. Wind
    7. GunslingerGunslingerfor Pond
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Pond
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Mex
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Suicide front
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    15. ButlerButler ×6
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    17. ButlerButler ×2
    18. SprinterSprinter ×3for Air
    19. Windfor Air
    20. ButlerButlerfor Air
    21. Wind ×2for Air
    22. Wind
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Windfor Air
    25. Wind
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Windfor Air
    28. Wind
    29. Converterfor Air
    30. Windfor Air
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind
    33. Converterfor Air
    34. Windfor Air
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind
    38. Converterfor Air
    39. Windfor Air
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind
    42. Windfor Air
    43. Wind
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Converterfor Air
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind ×2for Air
    48. Converterfor Air
    49. Wind ×2
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Converterfor Air
    52. Windfor Air
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converterfor Air
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind
    58. Windfor Air
    59. Wind
    60. ButlerButler
    61. Converterfor Air
    62. Wind
    63. ButlerButler
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Windfor Air
    67. ButlerButler
    68. Wind ×3
    69. ButlerButler
    70. Wind
    71. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    72. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is StoicMoose42's (35 OS, 10/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:48 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:23 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:05 · 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

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1052 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164500
4:00316200
5:00486300
6:00580500
7:00724000
8:00911100
9:001125000
10:001359300
11:001645000
12:001999100
13:002375900
14:00276067381
15:0031694293204
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's textbook T2 rush, posting the highest metal production of any build shown (31617 by 15:00) with almost no early losses.

  • + T2 factory done by 4:15 in 97% of games, extremely consistent.
  • + Own metal lost is only 228 by 15:00, near untouched economy.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all builds shown at 53%, fast eco alone doesn't decide games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

StoicMoose42

35.2 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
1667 metal received · 80488 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:31 · n=1052
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=1046
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=1050

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