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Fast fusion

Tech pushes a Fusion Reactor much earlier than normal (from 8:50 instead of ~12:11) to accelerate its own and the team's energy income, while still funneling T2 constructors to Geo.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (87%)

#eco #t2 · 76 distinct matches · 28 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 66% of 77 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor from 8:50 · 13% of role by thenOnly 13% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:17

Then transitions into anti-nuke (32% of army), Armageddon (9% of army), Platypus (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fusion Reactor by 9:00

  1. Open Bot Lab into Advanced Bot Lab as the standard T2 rush.
  2. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor to grow team metal.
  3. Push Fusion Reactor far earlier than the usual 12:17 norm.
  4. Keep supplying team with T2 cons and Advanced Construction Bots.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 76 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 Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:08–1:19

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine9Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 12 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:13, middle half 4:02–4:23
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

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

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:19 · typical 4:13
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (45%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter ×6
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind
    6. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:02
    7. Wind ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine33Wind+12 vs standard
    • Energy Converter5Converter+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 48 wind, 9 converterdone ~10:08, middle half 9:46–10:31
    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 · 48 wind (standard 36) · 9 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 58 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:43 · typical 5:17
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. Windfor Air
    20. Wind
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Windfor Air
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Windfor Air
    27. Wind
    28. Windfor Air
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. Wind ×2for Pond
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    34. Wind ×2for Pond
    35. Wind
    36. Wind ×2for Pond
    37. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    38. Wind
    39. Wind ×2for Pond
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Wind ×2for Pond
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Windfor Pond
    46. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    47. Windfor Air
    48. Wind
    49. Wind ×2for Pond
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2for Pond
    53. Wind
    54. Wind ×2for Pond
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Wind ×2for Pond
    58. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:21 · typical 10:08
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine88Wind−50 vs standard
    • Energy Converter52Converter+13 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion after 93 wind, 23 converter, 7 con turretin 62% of games
    2. CitadelAnti-nuke after 95 wind, 29 converter, 9 con turretin 55% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret9 Con turret

    Some games also: Aircraft Plant (43%) · Tracer (38%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (35%) · metal storage (34%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 Butler

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 143 wind · 2 fusion · 60 converter (standard 44) · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 199 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2for Pond
    4. Wind
    5. Wind ×2for Pond
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Windfor Pond
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Windfor Pond
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Windfor Pond
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Windfor Pond
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Windfor Pond
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Windfor Pond
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Windfor Pond
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Windfor Pond
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. Windfor Pond
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Converter
    34. Windfor Pond
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Windfor Pond
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×3
    40. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:11
    41. Converter
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:14
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter ×2
    67. StormbringerBomber
    68. Wind ×2
    69. StormbringerBomber ×2
    70. Converter
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. StormbringerBomber
    75. Wind
    76. StormbringerBomber
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. StormbringerBomber
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×2
    82. StormbringerBomber ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. StormbringerBomber ×2
    87. Wind ×2
    88. StormbringerBomber
    89. Converter ×2
    90. Wind
    91. StormbringerBomber
    92. Wind
    93. StormbringerBomber
    94. Wind
    95. StormbringerBomber
    96. Converter ×2
    97. StormbringerBomber
    98. Wind ×2
    99. StormbringerBomber ×2
    100. Wind
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Wind
    103. StormbringerBomber
    104. Wind
    105. StormbringerBomber
    106. Wind
    107. StormbringerBomber
    108. Converter
    109. StormbringerBomber
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. StormbringerBomber ×2
    113. Wind
    114. StormbringerBomber
    115. Wind
    116. Converter ×2
    117. StormbringerBomber ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. StormbringerBomber ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. StormbringerBomber
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. Wind ×2
    127. StormbringerBomber
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Converter
    131. StormbringerBomber
    132. Wind ×2
    133. StormbringerBomber
    134. Converter ×2
    135. StormbringerBomber
    136. Wind ×2
    137. FalconFighter ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×2
    140. FalconFighter
    141. Converter
    142. FalconFighter ×2
    143. Wind ×2
    144. FalconFighter ×3
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. FalconFighter
    149. Wind
    150. FalconFighter ×3
    151. Wind ×2
    152. FalconFighter
    153. Converter
    154. FalconFighter
    155. Converter
    156. FalconFighter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. FalconFighter ×3
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. FalconFighter
    163. Converter
    164. FalconFighter ×2
    165. Wind
    166. FalconFighter
    167. Wind
    168. FalconFighter
    169. Converter ×2
    170. FalconFighter
    171. Wind
    172. FalconFighter
    173. Wind
    174. FalconFighter ×2
    175. Wind
    176. FalconFighter
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. FalconFighter
    180. Converter
    181. FalconFighter
    182. Wind
    183. FalconFighter
    184. Wind
    185. FalconFighter ×2
    186. Wind
    187. FalconFighter
    188. Converter ×2
    189. Wind
    190. FalconFighter ×3
    191. Wind
    192. FalconFighter
    193. Wind
    194. FalconFighter
    195. Converter ×2
    196. FalconFighter
    197. Wind
    198. FalconFighter ×2
    199. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Teaner's (48 OS, 29/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 84% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geofirst at 4:40 · in 100% of games
  • Fatboy1 Fatboy to Pondfirst at 4:43 · in 31% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:45 · in 83% 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

0200400
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

77 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
3:00170016350000
4:00322231480000
5:00492448630000
6:00607758070000
7:00774372200000
8:00993590610000
9:0012532112470000
10:0017125135530000
11:0020580163420000
12:0024462198500000
13:0027513236440000
14:00316182736001250130
15:00363243147303850260
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won far more often than the standard build with a large lead in metal production and near-zero losses.

  • + Team win rate 64% vs 53% for standard build.
  • + Metal produced by 10:00 much higher (16996 vs 13553).
  • − No enemy metal destroyed recorded by 15:00 (0 vs 400 for standard).
  • − Requires strict early Bot Lab and Advanced Metal Extractor timing to reach 9:00 Fusion.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Teaner

47.8 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

38 received units
4321 metal received · 161743 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:08–1:19 · n=77
Advanced Bot Lab4:13Middle 50%: 4:02–4:23 · n=77
Advanced Metal Extractor5:17Middle 50%: 4:57–5:39 · n=77
Fusion Reactor10:08Middle 50%: 9:46–10:31 · n=71

Played most by

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