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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 · 1580 distinct matches · 252 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1886 · 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 1580 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:31 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:24 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Mexfor Front
    2. Wind
    3. Windfor Front
    4. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    7. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:00
    8. Wind ×2
  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 · 74 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:00 · typical 5:28
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Wind ×7
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler ×2
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Beach sea
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GunslingerGunslingerfor Geo seadone 8:53
    21. Wind ×7
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. CompassRadar bot
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×6
    34. SprinterSprinter
    35. Wind ×7
    36. GunslingerGunslinger
    37. Wind ×11
    38. GunslingerGunslinger
    39. Wind ×3
    40. CompassRadar bot
    41. Wind ×8
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind ×2
    44. ButlerButler
    45. Wind ×2
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind ×3
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind ×5
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Wind ×9
    52. SprinterSprinter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. SprinterSprinter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. SprinterSprinter
    57. Wind ×4
    58. SprinterSprinter
    59. Wind ×4
    60. ButlerButler
    61. Wind ×7
    62. ButlerButler
    63. Wind ×7
    64. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    65. Wind ×14
    66. ButlerButler
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Converter
    71. ButlerButler
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Converter
    74. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is gamercore's (30 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 43% 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

1886 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
7:00723200
8:00906400
9:001117700
10:001351300
11:001624200
12:001965600
13:002342600
14:0027286074
15:0031503110130
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

gamercore

30.1 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
2235 metal received · 31983 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=1886
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1879
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1882

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