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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 (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 901 distinct matches · 120 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1034 · 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 901 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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 (35%)

    By 3:19 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Energy storage
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    10. Converter
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:39 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    8. Converter
    9. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:17
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:47 · 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 (49%) · 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 · 94 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Wind ×3
    15. SharpshooterSniper bot
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. GunslingerGunslingerfor Frontdone 7:49
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Converter
    22. SprinterSprinter ×2for Front
    23. Wind ×2
    24. SprinterSprinter
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind ×2
    42. HoundHoundfor Front
    43. Converter
    44. HoundHound ×2for Front
    45. Wind ×2
    46. HoundHoundfor Front
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. HoundHoundfor Front
    50. Converter
    51. HoundHoundfor Front
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. HoundHoundfor Front
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. HoundHoundfor Front
    60. Converter
    61. HoundHoundfor Front
    62. Wind
    63. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:15
    64. HoundHoundfor Front
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. HoundHoundfor Front
    72. Wind
    73. T2 converter
    74. Converter
    75. Con turret
    76. HoundHoundfor Front
    77. JaguarJaguar
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    81. Converter
    82. HoundHound
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    84. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    85. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    86. Converter
    87. ButlerButler ×2
    88. HoundHound
    89. ButlerButler ×3
    90. Converter
    91. ButlerButler
    92. Converter ×3
    93. JaguarJaguar
    94. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (45 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

1034 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164500
4:00316200
5:00486400
6:00580800
7:00723600
8:00911000
9:001125000
10:001358800
11:001643300
12:001999100
13:002375900
14:00276067381
15:0031704295204
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

Gieds

45.5 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1617 metal received · 83553 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=1034
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=1028
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1032

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