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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 · 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 4:04–4:27
    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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×6
    17. Energy storage
    18. Converter
    19. Energy storage
    20. Wind
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:33 · 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. Windfor Geo
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Wind ×2for Geo
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:03
    7. Windfor Geo
  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 · 184 steps
    1. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    2. Windfor Geo
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Windfor Geo
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:20 · typical 5:29
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Converter
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    10. Converter
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Pond
    14. ButlerButler ×9
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    17. Windfor Geo
    18. Wind
    19. Windfor Geo
    20. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:43
    21. Wind ×9
    22. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. Wind
    25. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    26. Windfor Geo
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. Wind
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    34. Con turretfor Geo
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. Wind ×2for Geo
    39. Wind
    40. Con turretfor Geo
    41. Wind
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Windfor Geo
    47. Wind
    48. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Geo
    49. Wind
    50. StorkLight transport
    51. Windfor Geo
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ButlerButler
    54. StorkLight transport
    55. Windfor Geo
    56. Wind ×2
    57. StorkLight transport
    58. Windfor Geo
    59. ButlerButler
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Windfor Geo
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Geothermal PowerplantGeofor Geodone 11:34
    66. BlinkScout plane
    67. Wind ×3
    68. BlinkScout plane
    69. PlatypusPlatypus
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlinkScout plane
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. PlatypusPlatypus
    77. BlinkScout plane
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×4
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. PlatypusPlatypus
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×3
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. PlatypusPlatypus
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. Wind ×4
    118. PlatypusPlatypus
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×3
    122. PlatypusPlatypus
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PlatypusPlatypus
    127. Wind ×3
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×3
    130. PlatypusPlatypus
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×4
    134. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 13:35
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×6
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×4
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×2
    146. Metal storage
    147. Wind ×3
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×6
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×3
    156. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 14:42
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×5
    160. Con turret ×3
    161. Converter
    162. Con turret
    163. Wind ×3
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind ×3
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×4
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind ×3
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×6
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    177. Wind ×4
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    181. Wind ×5
    182. Converter
    183. NighthawkNighthawk ×2
    184. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is thermite's (36 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

thermite

35.7 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
5428 metal received · 50198 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

Played most by

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