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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 (84%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 833 distinct matches · 112 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 958 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab right away.
  2. Get bot lab up and begin feeding early cons.
  3. Start advanced bot lab to rush T2 factory.
  4. Finish T2 factory and push advanced metal extractor by 5:29.
  5. Build Citadel, Platypus and Umbrella as anti-nuke defence transition.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 833 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 ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:34 · 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 4:04–4:28
    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 · 12 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:36 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
  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 (48%) · Butler for allies (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 59 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 63 steps
    1. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 5:36
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:36 · typical 5:29
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. ButlerButler ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. ButlerButler
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind ×2
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. ButlerButler
    53. Wind ×2
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Wind ×3
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×3
    58. ChainsawChainsaw
    59. Wind
    60. Converter ×2
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Converter
    63. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is darkstar23's (35 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:48 · in 99% of games
  • Sharpshooter2 Sniper bot to Pondfirst at 5:21 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · in 41% 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

958 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164300
4:00315600
5:00486400
6:00580500
7:00723000
8:00907900
9:001124800
10:001357600
11:001642100
12:001998800
13:002374500
14:002753685106
15:0031617313235
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's textbook T2 rush, posting the highest metal production of any build shown (31617 by 15:00) with almost no early losses.

  • + T2 factory done by 4:15 in 97% of games, extremely consistent.
  • + Own metal lost is only 228 by 15:00, near untouched economy.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all builds shown at 53%, fast eco alone doesn't decide games.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

darkstar23

35.2 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
2997 metal received · 61414 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=958
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=952
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:59 · n=956

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