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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 · 765 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 885 · 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 765 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 1:16 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Con turret
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:12 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:56
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:25 · 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 · 179 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    13. ButlerButler ×4
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×6
    21. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    25. Wind ×4
    26. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×3
    30. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×3
    46. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter
    57. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    58. Wind ×4
    59. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×3
    63. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×3
    66. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    70. Wind ×3
    71. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. PlatypusPlatypusfor Beach sea
    79. Wind ×4
    80. PlatypusPlatypus
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×4
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Wind ×4
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×3
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×2
    97. PlatypusPlatypus
    98. Wind ×3
    99. PlatypusPlatypus
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Wind ×3
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. PlatypusPlatypus
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. Wind ×3
    118. PlatypusPlatypus
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Wind ×3
    126. PlatypusPlatypus
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. PlatypusPlatypus
    131. Wind ×3
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2
    136. PlatypusPlatypus
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Converter
    139. PlatypusPlatypus
    140. Wind ×3
    141. PlatypusPlatypus
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×4
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×2
    155. Converter
    156. Con turret
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Energy storage
    159. Wind
    160. Metal storage
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Converter
    163. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:14
    170. Wind ×5
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×6
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×5
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×4
    179. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (41 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 9:02 · 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

885 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164200
4:00315100
5:00486700
6:00581000
7:00723300
8:00909300
9:001125100
10:001358500
11:001641800
12:002002700
13:002381700
14:002755490104
15:0031617315204
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

Syphos

40.9 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
3436 metal received · 58482 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=885
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=879
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=883

Played most by

Amrissa100games of this buildSyphos40games of this buildKOT_38games of this buildAdeus34games of this buildTeaner34games of this build
Standard tech · Armada Tech (Eco) build order · BAR Build Atlas