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Standard tech

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes the T2 bot lab and advanced metal extractors while supplying teammates with constructors, scaling eco through the standard Citadel/Umbrella/Platypus transition.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (83%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 1662 distinct matches · 259 players · 60% of Armada Tech games · team won 54% of 1977 · 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 1662 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 · 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 ~4:16, 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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind ×6
    20. Converter ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:36 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Wind
    5. Solar
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:48 · 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 · 136 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    18. Wind ×6
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Wind
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind ×3
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind ×5
    33. ButlerButler
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×9
    37. ButlerButler
    38. SharpshooterSniper botdone 10:43
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×7
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×8
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×6
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×6
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×7
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. ButlerButler
    53. Wind ×3
    54. PlatypusPlatypus
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×6
    58. PlatypusPlatypus
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×9
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. PlatypusPlatypus
    64. Wind ×5
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. PlatypusPlatypus
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×8
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×8
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind ×6
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×4
    91. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:22
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×5
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×7
    98. Converter
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×7
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×4
    107. T2 converter
    108. Wind ×4
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×4
    111. Fusion ReactorFusion
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×7
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×6
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×9
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×3
    121. T2 converter
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×6
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×9
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Fusion ReactorFusion
    130. Wind ×3
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×7
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×7
    135. Converter
    136. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RetDef's (33 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 4:51 · 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

1977 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00165400
4:00314400
5:00484600
6:00580300
7:00723300
8:00906900
9:001119900
10:001353800
11:001625700
12:001967700
13:002346000
14:0027328074
15:0031531105130
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

RetDef

32.5 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
763 metal received · 11876 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=1977
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:04–4:30 · n=1970
Advanced Metal Extractor5:28Middle 50%: 5:05–5:58 · n=1973

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