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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 · 1574 distinct matches · 255 players · 58% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1868 · 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 1574 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:20 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:27 · typical 5:29
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 118 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 7:55
    15. Wind ×5
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind
    20. GunslingerGunslingerfor Geo
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    27. Wind ×15
    28. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    29. Wind ×3
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. GunslingerGunslingerfor Suicide front
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×5
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind ×2
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind ×3
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    54. Wind ×12
    55. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    56. Wind ×3
    57. ButlerButler
    58. Wind ×5
    59. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    60. Wind ×3
    61. ButlerButler
    62. Wind ×3
    63. ButlerButler
    64. Wind ×4
    65. ButlerButler
    66. Wind ×13
    67. ButlerButler
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:51
    70. Wind
    71. ButlerButler
    72. T2 converter
    73. Wind ×8
    74. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    75. Wind ×21
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×5
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×7
    80. GunslingerGunslinger
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×5
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×6
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. T2 converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×5
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×4
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. GunslingerGunslinger
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Converter
    102. GunslingerGunslinger
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Converter ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Fusion ReactorFusion
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Cinnamon18's (31 OS, 16/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:24 · in 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:50 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:07 · 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

050100
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1868 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165100
4:00314300
5:00484800
6:00580000
7:00722700
8:00906100
9:001116900
10:001350200
11:001623900
12:001965200
13:002344100
14:0027357074
15:003153885130
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

Cinnamon18

31.4 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1846 metal received · 30499 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=1868
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1861
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=1864

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