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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 · 681 distinct matches · 101 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 793 · 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 681 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 4:04–4:27
    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 · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:10 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Energy storage
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. SharpshooterSniper bot ×2for Ponddone 4:52
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine43Wind
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · Butler for allies (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 58 wind · 7 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 252 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:53 · typical 5:28
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×3
    10. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. ButlerButler ×3
    21. Windfor Suicide front
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    23. Wind ×8for Suicide front
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    25. Con turret
    26. Windfor Suicide front
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Windfor Suicide front
    31. Wind
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Con turret
    34. Windfor Suicide front
    35. Wind
    36. ButlerButler
    37. Wind
    38. Windfor Suicide front
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Windfor Suicide front
    41. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Suicide frontdone 11:27
    42. Wind
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler ×2
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    48. Wind
    49. Windfor Suicide front
    50. Wind
    51. ButlerButlerfor Suicide front
    52. Windfor Suicide front
    53. Wind
    54. ButlerButlerfor Suicide front
    55. Windfor Suicide front
    56. Wind
    57. Windfor Suicide front
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Windfor Suicide front
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    67. Wind
    68. Windfor Suicide front
    69. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    70. Converter
    71. SprinterSprinter
    72. ButlerButlerfor Geo
    73. Wind
    74. Windfor Suicide front
    75. Converter
    76. ButlerButlerfor Geo
    77. Wind
    78. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:50
    79. Windfor Suicide front
    80. NettleNettle
    81. ButlerButlerfor Geo
    82. Wind
    83. NettleNettle
    84. Converter
    85. Windfor Suicide front
    86. NettleNettle
    87. Wind
    88. ButlerButlerfor Geo
    89. NettleNettle
    90. Windfor Suicide front
    91. Converter
    92. NettleNettle
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    95. Windfor Suicide front
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×3
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. ButlerButlerfor Geo
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. ButlerButlerfor Geo
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×3
    110. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    113. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:14
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. FalconFighter
    130. Metal storage
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. FalconFighter
    135. Wind
    136. FalconFighter
    137. Wind
    138. FalconFighter
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. FalconFighter
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Con turret
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. FalconFighter
    148. Wind
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. Energy storagefor Geo
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. FalconFighter
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. Wind
    159. Con turret
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Con turret
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Converter
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind ×2
    168. FalconFighter
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×3
    171. FalconFighter
    172. Wind ×3
    173. Converter
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter
    177. FalconFighter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. FalconFighter
    180. Wind ×2
    181. Converter
    182. Wind
    183. FalconFighter
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Converter
    186. FalconFighter
    187. Wind ×2
    188. FalconFighter
    189. Wind
    190. FalconFighter
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. Wind
    194. FalconFighter
    195. Wind
    196. FalconFighter
    197. Wind ×2
    198. FalconFighter
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. FalconFighter
    202. Wind
    203. FalconFighter
    204. Wind ×2
    205. FalconFighter ×3
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. Wind
    209. FalconFighter ×2
    210. Wind
    211. FalconFighter
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. Wind
    215. FalconFighter
    216. Wind
    217. FalconFighter
    218. Wind ×2
    219. Converter
    220. FalconFighter
    221. Wind ×2
    222. FalconFighter
    223. Wind
    224. FalconFighter
    225. Wind
    226. Converter
    227. Wind
    228. FalconFighter
    229. Wind ×2
    230. StormbringerBomber ×2
    231. Wind ×2
    232. Converter
    233. Wind
    234. FalconFighter ×2
    235. Wind ×4
    236. Converter
    237. Wind ×2
    238. FalconFighter
    239. Wind
    240. Converter
    241. FalconFighter
    242. Wind
    243. FalconFighter ×2
    244. Wind
    245. FalconFighter
    246. Wind
    247. Converter
    248. FalconFighter ×2
    249. Wind
    250. FalconFighter
    251. Wind
    252. FalconFighter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF's (44 OS, 24/09/2026); 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 5:23 · 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 3:59 · 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

793 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00163500
4:00314800
5:00486300
6:00580700
7:00722000
8:00906100
9:001124700
10:001355300
11:001634200
12:001985000
13:002364400
14:0027360125130
15:0031473385260
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

MischievousDragonGF

43.8 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
4213 metal received · 117396 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=793
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=787
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=791

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