BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Tech / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard tech

Standard Tech play: rush T2 factory and constructor by ~4:15-4:33, upgrade the first mexes to advanced, and hand off constructors and army to Geo and allies while scaling eco over the game.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 732 distinct matches · 105 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 850 · 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 732 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 1:31 · 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 3:20 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:20 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:17 · typical 5:28
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 94 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. GunslingerGunslingerfor Frontdone 6:03
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    8. ButlerButler ×2
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Beach sea
    11. Wind ×5
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×3
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×3
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×2
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×3
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×14
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×14
    28. T2 converter
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×8
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×6
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×6
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×6
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×15
    44. T2 converter
    45. Wind ×6
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×24
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×4
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×7
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    63. Wind
    64. TracerTracer
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:11
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×5
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×7
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×11
    78. T2 converter
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×13
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind ×12
    84. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:57
    85. Wind ×7
    86. T2 converter
    87. Wind ×37
    88. T2 converter
    89. Wind ×15
    90. Con turret
    91. PlatypusPlatypus
    92. Wind ×3
    93. T2 converter
    94. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Adeus's (37 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Geo sea or Pondfirst at 4:47 · 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 9:03 · 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

850 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164100
4:00315000
5:00486400
6:00581300
7:00724600
8:00910500
9:001126400
10:001358500
11:001641200
12:002000600
13:002373000
14:0027484110130
15:0031535348260
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

Adeus

37.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
2587 metal received · 26743 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=850
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=844
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=848

Played most by

Amrissa100games of this buildSyphos39games of this buildKOT_38games of this buildAdeus33games of this buildTeaner31games of this build