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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 (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 770 distinct matches · 109 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 890 · 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 770 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

    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 1:18 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:16 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Converter ×3
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:24 · 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 (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 · 251 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind ×6
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    12. ButlerButler ×2
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    15. Wind
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×2
    20. ButlerButler ×2
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    23. Wind ×10
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×3
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×3
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind ×3
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×2
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×3
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind ×14
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×10
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×5
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×7
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×5
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter ×2
    58. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    59. Wind ×5
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter ×2
    63. Wind ×3
    64. ButlerButler
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Converter ×2
    69. Wind
    70. ButlerButler
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. ButlerButler
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. ButlerButler
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×6
    87. ButlerButler
    88. Converter ×2
    89. Wind ×6
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Converter ×2
    93. ButlerButler
    94. Wind ×5
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter ×3
    98. Wind ×3
    99. ButlerButler
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×4
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×3
    107. ButlerButler
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×4
    116. ButlerButler
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×8
    126. Converter ×2
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×3
    130. ButlerButler
    131. Wind ×3
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×6
    134. Converter ×2
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×8
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter ×2
    141. Wind ×4
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×3
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×7
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×6
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×5
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×4
    156. Converter ×2
    157. Wind ×6
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×3
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×9
    170. Converter ×3
    171. Wind ×3
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×8
    174. Converter ×2
    175. Wind
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×5
    178. Converter
    179. Wind ×6
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×3
    186. Converter
    187. Wind ×9
    188. Con turret
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. Converter ×2
    193. Wind ×10
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×2
    196. Con turret
    197. Wind ×3
    198. Converter
    199. Wind
    200. Converter ×2
    201. Wind ×4
    202. Con turret
    203. Wind ×5
    204. T2 converter
    205. Converter
    206. Wind ×3
    207. Converter
    208. Con turret
    209. Converter
    210. Wind ×3
    211. Converter
    212. Wind ×9
    213. Converter
    214. Wind ×3
    215. Converter ×2
    216. Wind ×3
    217. Converter
    218. Wind ×7
    219. Converter
    220. Wind ×4
    221. Converter
    222. Wind ×4
    223. Converter
    224. Wind
    225. Converter
    226. Wind ×8
    227. Converter
    228. Hardened Energy Storage
    229. Con turret
    230. Wind ×3
    231. Converter
    232. Wind ×2
    233. Con turret
    234. Converter
    235. Wind ×3
    236. Converter
    237. Wind ×2
    238. Con turret
    239. Wind
    240. Converter
    241. Wind ×7
    242. Converter
    243. Wind
    244. Converter
    245. Wind ×3
    246. Converter
    247. Wind
    248. Con turret
    249. Wind ×4
    250. Converter
    251. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zippo9's (37 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 4:47 · 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 9:02 · 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

890 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164100
4:00315100
5:00486600
6:00580800
7:00723200
8:00907900
9:001124900
10:001358100
11:001641600
12:002000600
13:002380800
14:002755688104
15:0031636319204
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

Zippo9

37.4 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1163 metal received · 63493 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=890
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=884
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=888

Played most by

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