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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 ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:30 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Con turret
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×5
    11. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:15 · 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. Wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:11 · 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 · 148 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Converter
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Converter
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Converter
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Converter
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    21. Wind ×6
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×6
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    25. Wind ×4
    26. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    27. Wind ×4
    28. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    31. Wind ×7
    32. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    33. Wind ×13
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Con turret
    37. ButlerButler
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ButlerButler
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Wind ×2
    43. ButlerButler
    44. Wind ×7
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind ×7
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Wind ×8
    49. ButlerButler
    50. Wind ×8
    51. ButlerButler
    52. Wind ×7
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. ButlerButler
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×4
    59. ButlerButler
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×5
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×7
    66. ButlerButler
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×5
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×4
    72. ButlerButler
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×5
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×4
    78. ButlerButler
    79. Wind ×7
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. ButlerButler
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×4
    86. ButlerButler
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×7
    90. Converter
    91. ButlerButler
    92. Wind ×4
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 14:12
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×5
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×6
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×8
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×5
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×7
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×6
    113. Converter ×2
    114. Wind ×8
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind ×7
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Metal storage
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×8
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×6
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×4
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:55
    139. Wind ×4
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×5
    142. Converter
    143. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    144. Wind
    145. FalconFighter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×2

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

VeryCool

31.1 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1361 metal received · 29714 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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