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Standard tech

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractors while supplying T2 constructors to teammates, then transitions into anti-nuke and support units later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 762 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 882 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 lab by 4:15

  1. Take 3 mex, then wind and a Bot Lab to open eco fast.
  2. Push T2 lab out, aim to pass T2 to air player.
  3. Get first T2 constructor building, prioritize mex upgrades over eco.
  4. Finish Advanced Metal Extractor, keep upgrading team's mex.
  5. Add fus and anti-nuke, keep feeding T2 cons and Umbrella/Citadel to team.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 762 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 1:13–1:32

    By 1:01 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×7
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:52 · 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 4:04–4:27
    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 · 10 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:08 · 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 (36%)

    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. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:13 · typical 5:29
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
  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 (47%) · Butler for allies (38%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 103 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler ×2
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    28. Wind ×5
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Converter ×2
    35. ButlerButler
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter ×2
    41. Wind
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. ButlerButler
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Converter ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Converter ×2
    58. ButlerButler
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. ButlerButler
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter ×2
    64. Wind
    65. GunslingerGunslingerdone 9:39
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter ×2
    75. Wind ×7
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind ×6
    78. Converter ×3
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×12
    84. Converter ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Metal storage
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×4
    91. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:43
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret ×2
    96. TracerTracer
    97. Con turret ×3
    98. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactor ×2done 13:46
    99. Converter ×9
    100. Con turret ×3
    101. Converter
    102. Con turret ×2
    103. Converter ×15

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (35 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst at 4:46 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:00 · 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

882 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164400
4:00315200
5:00486600
6:00581100
7:00723300
8:00907900
9:001125300
10:001358400
11:001641600
12:001998800
13:002377500
14:002754990108
15:0031616324206
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline and wins slightly more than half its games with a huge metal lead but almost no kills, showing its value is economic not combat.

  • + Produces 31389 metal by 15:00, far above other roles.
  • + Reaches T2 lab and constructor by 4:15-4:33 almost every game.
  • − Barely destroys any enemy metal (400 by 15:00), no combat presence.
  • − Fusion Reactor and anti-nuke only land in 44% of games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Dad_The_Speedrunner

35.4 OS · 21/09/2026

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2 received units
1411 metal received · 67841 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:32 · n=882
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=876
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=880

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