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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 182 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor from 8:52 · 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 9:52 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Solar
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:05 · 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 4:03–4:28
    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 · 12 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    11. Wind ×5
    12. 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 · 6 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    6. Converter ×2
  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 9:50–10:42
    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 8:51 in all: 4 mex · 43 wind · 7 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:00 · typical 5:19
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:12
    9. Wind
    10. StorkLight transport
    11. Converter
    12. StorkLight transport
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    20. Converter
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Solar
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Solar
    32. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    33. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:06 · typical 10:10
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine86Wind−64 vs standard
    • Energy Converter48Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Lab
    2. Fusion ReactorFusion after 86 wind, 18 converter, 7 con turretin 63% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret10 Con turret +3 vs standard

    Some games also: anti-nuke (48%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (39%) · Aircraft Plant (37%) · metal storage (36%) · Butler (32%)

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

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 132 wind (standard 186) · 2 fusion · 56 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 48 steps
    1. Solar
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:25
    4. ButlerButler
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:49
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Con turret
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Converter
    16. ButlerButler
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. BlitzBlitz ×2
    20. Converter
    21. ButlerButler
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Con turret
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Converter
    33. ButlerButler
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz ×4
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind ×2
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind ×3
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 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

182 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
3:00168516520000
4:00320831430000
5:00487948480000
6:00596258010000
7:00769272300000
8:00978690640000
9:0012183111780000
10:0015844135200000
11:0019866162420000
12:0023390196520000
13:0027289234300000
14:00309852728600074
15:003596531512010874130
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

EpicTyrannus

42.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
4044 metal received · 104108 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=182
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:03–4:28 · n=182
Advanced Metal Extractor5:19Middle 50%: 5:00–5:40 · n=182
Fusion Reactor10:10Middle 50%: 9:50–10:42 · n=169

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