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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 · 775 distinct matches · 109 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 896 · 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 775 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 1:17 · 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. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:15 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×9
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:46 · 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 · 209 steps
    1. Converter ×5
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Converter ×6
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    15. Wind ×10
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×4
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    26. Wind ×4
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. Wind
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. Wind ×2
    31. ArchangelArchangeldone 9:08
    32. Wind
    33. Windfor Geo
    34. Wind
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. Wind
    37. Windfor Geo
    38. Wind
    39. Windfor Geo
    40. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Wind ×2for Geo
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Windfor Geo
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    47. Windfor Geo
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Windfor Geo
    50. Wind
    51. Windfor Geo
    52. Wind ×4
    53. ButlerButler
    54. Wind
    55. Windfor Geo
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind
    58. Windfor Geo
    59. Wind
    60. Windfor Geo
    61. ButlerButler
    62. Wind
    63. Windfor Geo
    64. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    65. Wind ×6
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. Con turret
    72. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    73. Windfor Geo
    74. Converter
    75. Windfor Geo
    76. Con turret
    77. Converter
    78. Windfor Beach sea
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter ×2
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Converter ×2
    83. ButlerButler
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. ButlerButler
    91. Windfor Beach sea
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. ButlerButler
    95. Windfor Beach sea
    96. Wind
    97. Converter ×2
    98. Windfor Beach sea
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 11:33
    102. Windfor Beach sea
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×5
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×4
    110. Windfor Beach sea
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Windfor Beach sea
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. ButlerButler
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Windfor Beach sea
    121. Wind
    122. ButlerButler
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Windfor Beach sea
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×3
    129. ButlerButler
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×5
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×3
    136. Converter
    137. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    141. Wind ×4
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×7
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×4
    146. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×6
    150. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×7
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×4
    156. UmbrellaAnti-nuke
    157. Wind ×3
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×8
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×7
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×7
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×6
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×6
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×5
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×5
    172. Converter
    173. PlatypusPlatypus
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×6
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×4
    179. PlatypusPlatypus
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×7
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×3
    184. PlatypusPlatypus
    185. Wind
    186. Converter
    187. Wind ×7
    188. Converter
    189. PlatypusPlatypus
    190. Wind ×2
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×3
    193. PlatypusPlatypus
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×4
    197. PlatypusPlatypus
    198. Wind ×6
    199. PlatypusPlatypus
    200. Converter
    201. Wind ×4
    202. PlatypusPlatypus
    203. Converter
    204. Wind ×5
    205. PlatypusPlatypus
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. PlatypusPlatypus
    209. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fakepilot's (35 OS, 01/10/2026); 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 9:03 · 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

896 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164300
4:00315200
5:00486600
6:00580800
7:00723000
8:00907000
9:001124900
10:001358100
11:001641600
12:001997300
13:002377500
14:002754988108
15:0031616319214
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

Fakepilot

35.4 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3544 metal received · 34968 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=896
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=890
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=894

Played most by

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Standard tech · Armada Tech (Eco) build order · BAR Build Atlas