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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while supplying T2 and T1 constructors to teammates like Geo, then transitions into Citadel/Platypus/Umbrella defence as the game develops.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 833 distinct matches · 112 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 958 · 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 833 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 (30%)

    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 1:15 · 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 ~4:15, 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 · 16 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Energy storage
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:46 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:40 · typical 5:29
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    6. Wind ×2
  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 (48%) · 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 · 229 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    8. Wind
    9. ButlerButler ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    18. Wind ×3
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×3
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×2
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Windfor Geo sea
    30. Wind ×2
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Windfor Geo sea
    33. Wind
    34. Windfor Geo sea
    35. Wind
    36. Windfor Geo sea
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Windfor Geo sea
    39. Wind ×3
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    42. Wind
    43. Windfor Geo sea
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind ×2for Front
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Windfor Geo sea
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Windfor Geo sea
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Windfor Geo sea
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. ButlerButler
    63. Wind
    64. Windfor Geo sea
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Windfor Front
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. ButlerButler
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Windfor Front
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. ButlerButler
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Converter ×2
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×4
    95. Converter ×2
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×5
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×4
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×4
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Converter ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×5
    127. Converter ×2
    128. Wind ×5
    129. Converter ×3
    130. Wind ×7
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind
    135. PlatypusPlatypus
    136. Wind
    137. Converter ×2
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind ×3
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. PlatypusPlatypus
    145. Wind ×8
    146. PlatypusPlatypus
    147. Wind ×4
    148. PlatypusPlatypus
    149. Wind ×4
    150. Converter
    151. PlatypusPlatypus
    152. Wind ×5
    153. PlatypusPlatypus
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×3
    157. PlatypusPlatypus
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×5
    161. PlatypusPlatypus
    162. Wind ×5
    163. PlatypusPlatypus
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Converter ×2
    166. Wind ×4
    167. PlatypusPlatypus
    168. Wind
    169. Converter ×2
    170. Wind ×3
    171. PlatypusPlatypus
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×2
    177. PlatypusPlatypus
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×3
    181. Converter
    182. PlatypusPlatypus
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×3
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×2
    187. PlatypusPlatypus
    188. Wind ×2
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×3
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×2
    195. PlatypusPlatypus
    196. Converter
    197. Wind ×5
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×3
    200. PlatypusPlatypus
    201. Wind
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×10
    204. PlatypusPlatypus
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. Wind ×5
    209. Converter
    210. Wind ×3
    211. Converter
    212. PlatypusPlatypus
    213. Wind ×4
    214. Converter
    215. Wind ×5
    216. Converter
    217. Wind
    218. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    219. Converter
    220. Wind ×8
    221. Converter ×2
    222. Wind ×4
    223. Converter
    224. Wind ×4
    225. Converter
    226. Wind ×3
    227. Converter
    228. Wind ×6
    229. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [NWP]1347's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 5:21 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 41% 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

958 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164300
4:00315600
5:00486400
6:00580500
7:00723000
8:00907900
9:001124800
10:001357600
11:001642100
12:001998800
13:002374500
14:002753685106
15:0031617313235
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

[NWP]1347

37.3 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
900 metal received · 19359 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=958
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=952
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=956

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