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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractor while sending the first T2 constructor to Geo, scaling team eco and mex upgrades through the full 15 minutes.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 915 distinct matches · 122 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 1052 · 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 915 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 1:13–1:31

    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 1:13 · 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 4:04–4:28
    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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Con turret
    12. Energy storage ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:08 · typical 4:15
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    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 · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:57
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:15 · 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 (50%) · 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 · 181 steps
    1. ButlerButler
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×3for Geo sea
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. ButlerButler ×10
    9. Wind ×8
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Converter
    19. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×4
    37. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    42. Wind ×3
    43. RecluseReclusedone 9:56
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Converter
    51. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    52. Wind ×5
    53. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 10:48
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×5
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×5
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×5
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×5
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×3
    72. PlatypusPlatypus
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. PlatypusPlatypus
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PlatypusPlatypus
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Converter
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. PlatypusPlatypus
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×4
    95. PlatypusPlatypus
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Converter
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind ×4
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Wind ×4
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Wind ×2
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. Wind ×2
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. Wind ×3
    112. PlatypusPlatypus
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×3
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. PlatypusPlatypus
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Wind ×3
    126. PlatypusPlatypus
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×5
    129. PlatypusPlatypus
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2
    136. PlatypusPlatypus
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×5
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×5
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    145. Wind ×4
    146. Converter
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Converter
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×4
    152. Con turret
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2
    155. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. Metal storage
    159. Wind ×5
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×3
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×4
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×5
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×4
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×4
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Con turret
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind ×2
    181. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hihimik's (36 OS, 10/10/2026); 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 5:23 · in 32% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:05 · 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

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1052 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091600
3:00164500
4:00316200
5:00486300
6:00580500
7:00724000
8:00911100
9:001125000
10:001359300
11:001645000
12:001999100
13:002375900
14:00276067381
15:0031694293204
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

hihimik

35.5 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
5002 metal received · 115125 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:17Middle 50%: 1:13–1:31 · n=1052
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:28 · n=1046
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=1050

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