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Standard tech

Standard Tech play: rush T2 factory and constructor by ~4:15-4:33, upgrade the first mexes to advanced, and hand off constructors and army to Geo and allies while scaling eco over the game.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 681 distinct matches · 101 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 793 · 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 681 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storagefor Front
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:30 · 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 4:04–4:27
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:20 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3for Front
    3. Windfor Front
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Con turretfor Front
    6. Mex
    7. Windfor Front
    8. Con turret ×2for Front
    9. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:13 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Wind ×6for Front
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind ×4for Front
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Frontdone 5:31 · typical 5:28
    5. Converterfor Front
    6. Wind ×2for Front
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · Butler for allies (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 296 steps
    1. Wind ×2for Front
    2. Converter ×2for Front
    3. Wind ×2for Front
    4. Converterfor Front
    5. Wind ×2for Front
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    7. Windfor Front
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    9. Converterfor Front
    10. Windfor Front
    11. SharpshooterSniper botnot finished by 15:00
    12. Converterfor Front
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    14. Wind ×2for Front
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    16. Windfor Front
    17. Converterfor Front
    18. Windfor Front
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    20. Windfor Front
    21. Converterfor Front
    22. Windfor Front
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    24. Windfor Front
    25. Converter
    26. Windfor Front
    27. Metal storagefor Front
    28. ButlerButler ×2for Front
    29. Windfor Front
    30. ButlerButler ×2for Front
    31. Wind ×2for Front
    32. ButlerButler ×2for Front
    33. Wind ×2for Front
    34. Wind
    35. ButlerButlerfor Front
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    37. Wind
    38. Windfor Front
    39. Converterfor Front
    40. ButlerButler ×2for Front
    41. Windfor Front
    42. ButlerButlerfor Front
    43. Fusion ReactorFusionfor Frontdone 9:32
    44. Windfor Front
    45. Wind
    46. Converterfor Front
    47. Windfor Front
    48. Converterfor Front
    49. Windfor Front
    50. Converter ×2for Front
    51. Con turretfor Front
    52. Windfor Front
    53. Converter ×3for Front
    54. Con turretfor Front
    55. Windfor Front
    56. Converterfor Front
    57. Con turretfor Front
    58. Converterfor Front
    59. Wind ×4for Front
    60. Con turretfor Front
    61. Converterfor Front
    62. Wind ×3for Front
    63. Con turretfor Front
    64. Wind ×3for Front
    65. Converterfor Front
    66. Windfor Front
    67. Converterfor Front
    68. Wind ×2for Front
    69. Converterfor Front
    70. Wind ×2for Front
    71. Converterfor Front
    72. Wind ×3for Front
    73. Converterfor Front
    74. Con turretfor Front
    75. Converterfor Front
    76. Windfor Front
    77. Con turretfor Front
    78. Wind ×2for Front
    79. Converterfor Front
    80. Con turretfor Front
    81. Windfor Front
    82. Con turretfor Front
    83. Windfor Front
    84. Converterfor Front
    85. Wind ×2for Front
    86. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2done 10:28
    87. Converterfor Front
    88. Wind ×3for Front
    89. BlitzBlitz ×3for Front
    90. Converterfor Front
    91. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    92. Wind ×2for Front
    93. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    94. Windfor Front
    95. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    96. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:43
    97. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    98. Converterfor Front
    99. Windfor Front
    100. Converterfor Front
    101. LazarusLazarus
    102. Converterfor Front
    103. LazarusLazarus ×2
    104. Windfor Front
    105. Converterfor Front
    106. Windfor Front
    107. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    108. Converterfor Front
    109. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    110. Windfor Front
    111. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    112. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    113. Converterfor Front
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. Converterfor Front
    116. Windfor Front
    117. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    118. Wind ×2for Front
    119. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    120. Windfor Front
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    122. Converterfor Front
    123. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    124. Windfor Front
    125. Fusion ReactorFusionfor Front
    126. Windfor Front
    127. Converterfor Front
    128. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    129. Windfor Front
    130. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    131. Converterfor Front
    132. Wind ×2for Front
    133. Converterfor Front
    134. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    135. Windfor Front
    136. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    137. Converterfor Front
    138. Windfor Front
    139. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    140. Windfor Front
    141. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    142. Windfor Front
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    144. Converterfor Front
    145. Wind ×2for Front
    146. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    147. ValiantValiantfor Front
    148. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    149. Windfor Front
    150. Converterfor Front
    151. Windfor Front
    152. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    153. Wind
    154. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Front
    155. Wind ×2for Front
    156. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    157. Windfor Front
    158. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    159. ValiantValiant
    160. Converterfor Front
    161. Windfor Front
    162. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    163. Windfor Front
    164. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    165. Converterfor Front
    166. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    167. Windfor Front
    168. BlinkScout planefor Front
    169. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    170. Windfor Front
    171. FinchFinchfor Front
    172. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    173. Converterfor Front
    174. Windfor Front
    175. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    176. Windfor Front
    177. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    178. Converterfor Front
    179. Windfor Front
    180. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    181. Windfor Front
    182. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    183. FalconFighterfor Front
    184. Converterfor Front
    185. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    186. Windfor Front
    187. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    188. Wind ×2for Front
    189. Con turretfor Front
    190. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    191. Windfor Front
    192. Converterfor Front
    193. Windfor Front
    194. ValiantValiantfor Front
    195. Con turretfor Front
    196. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    197. Wind ×2for Front
    198. Fusion ReactorFusionfor Front
    199. Converterfor Front
    200. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    201. Windfor Front
    202. Con turretfor Front
    203. FalconFighterfor Front
    204. Windfor Front
    205. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    206. Windfor Front
    207. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    208. Windfor Front
    209. ValiantValiantfor Front
    210. Con turretfor Front
    211. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    212. Converterfor Front
    213. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    214. Wind ×2for Front
    215. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    216. Windfor Front
    217. Converterfor Front
    218. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    219. Wind ×2for Front
    220. ValiantValiantfor Front
    221. FalconFighterfor Front
    222. Windfor Front
    223. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    224. Windfor Front
    225. ValiantValiantfor Front
    226. Windfor Front
    227. FalconFighterfor Front
    228. Converterfor Front
    229. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    230. Windfor Front
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. Windfor Front
    233. Converterfor Front
    234. ValiantValiantfor Front
    235. Converterfor Front
    236. Windfor Front
    237. BlitzBlitz ×2
    238. FalconFighterfor Front
    239. Windfor Front
    240. Wind ×2for Front
    241. ValiantValiantfor Front
    242. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    243. Windfor Front
    244. FalconFighterfor Front
    245. Windfor Front
    246. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    247. Converterfor Front
    248. ValiantValiantfor Front
    249. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    250. Wind ×3for Front
    251. Converterfor Front
    252. FalconFighterfor Front
    253. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    254. Wind
    255. ValiantValiantfor Front
    256. Windfor Front
    257. Windfor Front
    258. Converterfor Front
    259. Windfor Front
    260. FalconFighterfor Front
    261. Converterfor Front
    262. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    263. Windfor Front
    264. Wind ×3for Front
    265. Converter ×2for Front
    266. Windfor Front
    267. Converterfor Front
    268. Wind
    269. Windfor Front
    270. ValiantValiantfor Front
    271. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    272. Fusion ReactorFusionfor Front
    273. Windfor Front
    274. Converterfor Front
    275. Windfor Front
    276. Converterfor Front
    277. Windfor Front
    278. BlitzBlitz ×2
    279. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Front
    280. Wind ×2for Front
    281. Converterfor Front
    282. Windfor Front
    283. Converterfor Front
    284. Wind ×4for Front
    285. Windfor Front
    286. Converterfor Front
    287. Windfor Front
    288. Converterfor Front
    289. Wind ×2for Front
    290. FalconFighterfor Front
    291. Converterfor Front
    292. Windfor Front
    293. Windfor Front
    294. ValiantValiantfor Front
    295. Wind ×3for Front
    296. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Grumpiness's (48 OS, 24/09/2026); 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 5:23 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:03 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:59 · 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

793 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163500
4:00314800
5:00486300
6:00580700
7:00722000
8:00906100
9:001124700
10:001355300
11:001634200
12:001985000
13:002364400
14:0027360125130
15:0031473385260
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

[Grump]Grumpiness

48.5 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

100 received units · includes a constructor
8182 metal received · 123471 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=793
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=787
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=791

Played most by

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