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Fast fusion

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard T2 rush economy build that adds an earlier Fusion Reactor around 8:52 to scale power sooner, with units fighting only on the team's own side afterward.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (82%)

#eco #t2 · 176 distinct matches · 61 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 59% of 181 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor from 8:50 · 12% of role by thenOnly 12% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:21

Then transitions into anti-nuke (30% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fusion Reactor by 10:00

  1. Run the standard T2 rush opening with Bot Lab then Advanced Bot Lab.
  2. Get the Advanced Bot Lab up on the usual fast timing.
  3. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor on the normal schedule.
  4. Transition into the typical Citadel anti-nuke and Armageddon nuke silo army.
  5. Push an early Fusion Reactor, well ahead of the role's usual 12:03.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 176 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:50 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 ~1:16, middle half 1:09–1:30

    By 0:59 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 1:32 · typical 1:16
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine9Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 12 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:15, middle half 4:02–4:27
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (45%)

    By 3:13 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    13. Wind ×3
    14. PawnPawn ×2for Geo sea
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:50 · typical 4:15
  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 (47%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine26Wind+7 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 7 converterdone ~10:10, middle half 9:50–10:41
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler +3 vs standard
    • Advanced Construction Bot3 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (48%)

    By 8:50 in all: 4 mex · 43 wind · 7 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:41 · typical 5:20
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2
    9. SprinterSprinterfor Front
    10. Converter
    11. SprinterSprinterfor Front
    12. Wind ×2
    13. SprinterSprinterfor Front
    14. Wind
    15. SprinterSprinterfor Front
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. SprinterSprinterfor Front
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:11 · typical 10:10
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine84Wind−66 vs standard
    • Energy Converter48Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Lab
    2. Fusion ReactorFusion after 86 wind, 17 converter, 7 con turretin 62% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret10 Con turret +3 vs standard

    Some games also: anti-nuke (48%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (39%) · Aircraft Plant (38%) · metal storage (36%) · Butler (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 Butler

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 131 wind (standard 185) · 2 fusion · 55 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 176 steps
    1. ButlerButler
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×4
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Wind ×8
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter
    10. Metal storage
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:21
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret ×2
    29. Wind
    30. StoutStoutfor Front
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×5
    34. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:46
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawnfor Front
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawnfor Front
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawnfor Front
    45. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawnfor Front
    49. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    50. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:51
    51. PawnPawnfor Front
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    54. PawnPawnfor Front
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawnfor Front
    57. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawnfor Front
    60. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawnfor Front
    63. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    64. PawnPawnfor Front
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawnfor Front
    69. Con turret
    70. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PawnPawnfor Front
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawnfor Front
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    78. PawnPawnfor Front
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    81. Wind
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    89. Wind
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawnfor Front
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawnfor Front
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    105. PawnPawnfor Front
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    109. PawnPawnfor Front
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawnfor Front
    114. Converter
    115. StoutStoutfor Front
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawnfor Front
    118. Wind
    119. Converter ×2
    120. Wind
    121. StoutStoutfor Front
    122. PawnPawnfor Front
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawnfor Front
    125. Wind
    126. StoutStoutfor Front
    127. PawnPawnfor Front
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. PawnPawnfor Front
    131. StoutStout
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Converter ×2
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    137. Wind
    138. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter
    141. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:14
    142. Wind
    143. TracerTracer
    144. Wind ×5
    145. Fusion ReactorFusion
    146. Wind ×2
    147. ButlerButler
    148. Wind
    149. ButlerButler
    150. Wind ×2
    151. ButlerButler
    152. Converter
    153. ButlerButler
    154. Wind ×2
    155. ButlerButler ×2
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. PlatypusPlatypus
    159. Wind
    160. ButlerButler
    161. Wind ×2
    162. PlatypusPlatypus
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. PlatypusPlatypus
    168. Wind ×2
    169. PlatypusPlatypus
    170. Wind
    171. Converter ×2
    172. Wind
    173. PlatypusPlatypus
    174. Wind ×4
    175. Converter
    176. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrevGod's (31 OS, 06/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:23 · in 85% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Beach seafirst at 4:47 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:55 · in 86% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard tech

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

181 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard techEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard techOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard tech
1:003843830000
2:009179150000
3:00168416520000
4:00320231440000
5:00487748480000
6:00596058020000
7:00769072300000
8:00977690650000
9:0012181111790000
10:0015841135240000
11:0019834162420000
12:0023367196520000
13:0027274234280000
14:00309592728500074
15:003596131507011574130
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build and pulled well ahead on metal production with almost no combat losses either way.

  • + Metal production at 15:00 reaches 36430 vs 31668 standard.
  • + Won more often than the standard build (60% vs 53%).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 is lower than standard (39 vs 266).
  • − Fusion push is purely economic, offering no early combat payoff.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

TrevGod

30.7 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
2206 metal received · 24151 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:16Middle 50%: 1:09–1:30 · n=181
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:02–4:27 · n=181
Advanced Metal Extractor5:20Middle 50%: 5:00–5:40 · n=181
Fusion Reactor10:10Middle 50%: 9:50–10:41 · n=168

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