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Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 by 4:15, gets Advanced Metal Extractor around 5:28, hands off T2 constructors to Geo and the team, then scales eco and supplies the team's T2 needs through the rest of the game.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (83%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1632 distinct matches · 257 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 54% of 1942 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 factory by 4:15

  1. Open 3 mex and heavy wind to fund a fast T2 rush.
  2. Put down Bot Lab, planning to eat it for reclaim soon after.
  3. Get Advanced Bot Lab up, hitting the T2 factory rush timing.
  4. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor to lock in team metal income.
  5. Eat Advanced Bot Lab and keep sending cons to Geo and Pond.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1632 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 (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 1:31 · 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 ~4:16, middle half 4:04–4:30
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus3 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (36%)

    By 3:18 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor unknown
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:18 · typical 4:16
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    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 · 1 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:30 · typical 5:28
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Builders
    • Butler9 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (43%) · Butler for allies (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 84 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind
    21. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Suicide front
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Converter
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    28. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    29. Converter
    30. ButlerButlerfor Beach sea
    31. Converter
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Con turret
    39. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    40. Con turret ×2
    41. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:54
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×11
    55. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    56. Wind ×2
    57. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:36
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Fusion ReactorFusion
    64. Converter
    65. Con turret
    66. Converter
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×10
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. T2 converter
    72. Con turret ×2
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Converter ×2
    75. Wind ×3
    76. T2 converter
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    81. T2 converter
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter ×3
    84. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (31 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:50 · in 99% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:06 · in 42% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:01 · 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

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1942 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165200
4:00314400
5:00484700
6:00580200
7:00722800
8:00906600
9:001118300
10:001352000
11:001623900
12:001966400
13:002344000
14:0027303074
15:0031520105130
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Tech play barely fights at all early, instead pouring metal into T2 infrastructure and constructors for the team.

  • + Metal produced hits 31679 by 15:00, by far the highest of any role here.
  • + T2 factory reached in 97% of games by 4:15, fastest and most reliable T2 timing.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed stays at 0 through 10:00, no early offense at all.
  • − Own metal lost also near 0, showing total avoidance of combat risk.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

JesterB

31.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1860 metal received · 71616 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=1942
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1935
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:59 · n=1938

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