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Standard tech

Rushes T2 factory and Advanced Metal Extractors while supplying T2 constructors to teammates, then transitions into anti-nuke and support units later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (85%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 762 distinct matches · 108 players · 59% of Armada Tech games · team won 53% of 882 · 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 762 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. Solar
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:23 · 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 3:19 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind
    10. Solar
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:41 · 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 (36%)

    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. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:55 · typical 5:29
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 · 217 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    11. Wind
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×5
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×3
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. HoundHoundfor Front
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. HoundHoundfor Front
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. HoundHoundfor Front
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. HoundHoundfor Front
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. HoundHoundfor Front
    45. Energy storage
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. HoundHoundfor Front
    51. Wind
    52. Energy storage
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. HoundHoundfor Front
    58. Wind
    59. Energy storage
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. HoundHoundfor Front
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. HoundHoundfor Front
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. HoundHoundfor Front
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. ButlerButler
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. ButlerButler
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. ButlerButler
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Frontdone 13:07
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. ButlerButler
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. ButlerButler
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. ButlerButler
    101. Wind ×4
    102. Converter
    103. ButlerButler
    104. Wind ×4
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. ButlerButler
    108. Wind ×4
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×3
    111. ButlerButler
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×7
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×7
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. ButlerButler
    126. Wind ×4
    127. Converter
    128. ButlerButler
    129. Wind ×6
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. ButlerButler
    133. Wind ×6
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×5
    136. ButlerButler
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×6
    140. ButlerButler
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×7
    144. ButlerButler
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×6
    148. ButlerButler
    149. Wind ×4
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×4
    152. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 13:55
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×3
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×7
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×3
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×6
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×6
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×7
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×7
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×4
    178. Converter
    179. Wind ×3
    180. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×4
    184. Con turret
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×4
    187. Converter
    188. Wind ×7
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×5
    193. Converter
    194. Wind
    195. Converter
    196. Wind ×7
    197. Converter
    198. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. Wind ×6
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×7
    204. Con turret
    205. Wind ×2
    206. Converter
    207. Wind ×5
    208. Converter
    209. Wind ×4
    210. Converter
    211. Wind ×6
    212. Con turret
    213. Wind
    214. Converter
    215. Wind ×2
    216. Converter
    217. Wind ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pentry's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 5:21 · in 33% of games
  • Butler2 Butler to Geo sea or Beach sea or Pondfirst at 9:04 · 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

882 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038300
2:0091500
3:00164400
4:00315200
5:00486600
6:00581100
7:00723300
8:00907900
9:001125300
10:001358400
11:001641600
12:001998800
13:002377500
14:002754990108
15:0031616324206
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

Pentry

35.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
5237 metal received · 41171 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=882
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:04–4:27 · n=876
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:06–5:58 · n=880

Played most by

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