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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. 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 · 16 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Con turret
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×6
    13. Energy storage
    14. Converter ×3
    15. Wind
    16. 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 · 3 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:04 · 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 · 233 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. ButlerButler
    3. Wind
    4. ButlerButler
    5. Wind ×3
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    11. Wind ×4
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×2
    34. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:52
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. ButlerButlerfor Air
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×3
    55. ButlerButlerfor Air
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. ButlerButler
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×3
    62. ButlerButler
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×3
    66. ButlerButler
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. ButlerButlerfor Air
    71. Wind ×5
    72. Converter
    73. ButlerButlerfor Air
    74. Wind ×5
    75. ButlerButlerfor Air
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. ButlerButlerfor Air
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter ×2
    82. ButlerButlerfor Air
    83. Wind ×2
    84. ButlerButlerfor Air
    85. Wind
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Converter ×2
    89. Wind ×3
    90. ButlerButlerfor Air
    91. Wind
    92. Converter ×2
    93. Wind ×2
    94. ButlerButlerfor Air
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. ButlerButlerfor Air
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. ButlerButlerfor Air
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Converter
    104. ButlerButlerfor Air
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. ButlerButlerfor Air
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. ButlerButlerfor Air
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. ButlerButler
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. ButlerButler
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. ButlerButler
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×3
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Wind ×2
    147. SharpshooterSniper botdone 11:49
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×3
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×3
    159. Converter
    160. SharpshooterSniper bot
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:35
    165. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×2
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×3
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×4
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×3
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×3
    187. Converter
    188. TracerTracer
    189. Wind ×3
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×5
    194. Converter ×2
    195. Wind ×4
    196. Converter ×2
    197. Wind ×5
    198. Converter ×2
    199. Wind ×5
    200. SharpshooterSniper bot
    201. Converter
    202. Wind
    203. Converter
    204. Wind ×3
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. Wind ×2
    209. HoundHound
    210. Wind ×3
    211. Converter ×2
    212. Wind ×6
    213. Converter ×2
    214. PinpointerPinpointer
    215. Wind ×4
    216. Converter
    217. Wind ×2
    218. Converter
    219. VeilVeil
    220. Wind ×2
    221. HoundHound
    222. Converter ×2
    223. Wind ×3
    224. Converter
    225. Wind
    226. Converter
    227. Wind
    228. HoundHound
    229. Converter
    230. WelderWelder
    231. Converter
    232. WelderWelder
    233. PinpointerPinpointer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is VanillaChan's (33 OS, 04/09/2026); 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 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

VanillaChan

33.1 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
4840 metal received · 126716 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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