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Standard tech

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractors while supplying T2 constructors to teammates, then transitions into anti-nuke and support units later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 762 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 882 · 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 762 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:33 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:53 · 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 (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Wind ×6
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:02 · typical 5:29
    10. Wind ×2
  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 · 224 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. ButlerButler ×3
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo sea
    7. Wind ×5
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Wind ×4
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind ×2
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×8
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×6
    39. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 10:00
    40. Wind ×12
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×12
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×12
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×2
    53. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×6
    59. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×3
    63. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×5
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×2
    82. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×5
    90. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    91. Con turret ×2
    92. Wind ×9
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×8
    97. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:16
    98. Wind ×11
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×5
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×4
    107. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:20
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. StorkLight transport
    112. Wind ×2
    113. StorkLight transport
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. StorkLight transport
    117. Wind
    118. StorkLight transport
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. StorkLight transport
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Converter
    127. StorkLight transport
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. StorkLight transport
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. StorkLight transport
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Con turret
    138. StorkLight transport
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. StorkLight transport
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Con turret
    145. Converter
    146. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Con turret
    152. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:38
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind
    156. Con turret
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×3
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×2
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. LicheLichedone 14:08
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×3
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×3
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×3
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Converter
    184. Wind
    185. OracleOracle
    186. Con turret
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Converter
    189. Con turret
    190. Wind ×2
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×2
    193. StilettoStilettodone 14:28
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×3
    197. Converter
    198. Wind
    199. Con turret
    200. StilettoStiletto
    201. Wind
    202. Converter
    203. Wind
    204. Con turret
    205. Wind
    206. Con turret
    207. Wind
    208. Converter
    209. Con turret
    210. Wind ×3
    211. Con turret
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. Wind ×2
    215. StilettoStiletto
    216. Wind
    217. Converter
    218. Wind ×2
    219. Converter
    220. Wind ×2
    221. HighwindHighwind
    222. Converter
    223. Wind ×2
    224. HighwindHighwind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fakepilot's (35 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 9:04 · 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

882 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164400
4:00315200
5:00486600
6:00581100
7:00723300
8:00907900
9:001125300
10:001358400
11:001641600
12:001998800
13:002377500
14:002754990108
15:0031616324206
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 · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3520 metal received · 57706 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=882
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=876
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=880

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