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Fast fusion

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Follows the standard T2 opening but pushes a Fusion Reactor out by about 8:46, well ahead of the normal 12:00 timing, to power a bigger team push later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 · 86 distinct matches · 30 players · 5% of Armada Tech games · team won 58% of 89 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor from 8:43 · 14% of role by thenOnly 14% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:05

Then transitions into anti-nuke (27% of army), Armageddon (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fusion Reactor by 8:46

  1. Open standard Bot Lab into Advanced Bot Lab like typical Tech play.
  2. Finish advanced bot lab and advanced metal extractor on normal schedule.
  3. Push out Fusion Reactor far earlier than the usual 12:02 norm.
  4. Roll into standard Citadel and Armageddon play once fusion is up.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 86 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:43 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 1:08–1:17

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · typical 1:12
  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, 11 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:10, middle half 4:00–4:21
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (44%)

    By 3:09 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:01 · typical 4:10
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (48%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:34 · typical 5:14
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine27Wind+8 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 8 converterdone ~10:04, middle half 9:36–10:25
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler +4 vs standard
    • Advanced Construction Bot3 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (48%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    8. Wind
    9. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 8:44 · typical 10:04
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine88Wind−54 vs standard
    • Energy Converter51Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Lab
    2. Fusion ReactorFusion after 83 wind, 19 converter, 7 con turretin 67% of games
    3. CitadelAnti-nuke after 95 wind, 31 converter, 8 con turretin 53% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret10 Con turret

    Some games also: Aircraft Plant (44%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (36%) · Tracer (36%) · metal storage (33%)

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

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 142 wind · 2 fusion · 60 converter (standard 45) · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 74 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Metal storage
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Beach sea
    4. Converter ×3
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    6. Converter
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Fusion ReactorFusion
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Con turret
    12. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 10:57
    13. Converter ×4
    14. TracerTracer
    15. Converter ×3
    16. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactordone 13:41
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret ×5
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret ×3
    23. T2 converter
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Hardened Energy Storage
    27. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:42
    28. ValiantValiant
    29. Con turret
    30. T2 converter
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. ValiantValiant
    33. Con turret
    34. ValiantValiant
    35. Con turret
    36. ValiantValiant
    37. Con turret ×2
    38. ValiantValiant
    39. T2 converter
    40. ValiantValiant ×5
    41. Con turret
    42. ValiantValiant
    43. T2 converter
    44. Con turret
    45. ValiantValiant
    46. Con turret
    47. T2 converter
    48. Con turret
    49. ValiantValiant
    50. Con turret
    51. ValiantValiant ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:47
    54. Con turret
    55. ValiantValiant
    56. Con turret ×2
    57. ValiantValiant
    58. TickTick
    59. ValiantValiant
    60. TickTick
    61. ValiantValiant
    62. TickTick
    63. ValiantValiant ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. ValiantValiant
    66. TickTick
    67. ValiantValiant
    68. TickTick
    69. ValiantValiant
    70. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    71. TickTick
    72. ValiantValiant
    73. TickTick
    74. ValiantValiant

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (35 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:20 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Pond or Air or Beach seafirst at 4:40 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:46 · in 85% 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

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

89 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
2:009189160000
3:00175316450000
4:00334931620000
5:00492348630000
6:00608558050000
7:00783072400000
8:00997791110000
9:0012648112500000
10:0017125135930000
11:0020580164500000
12:0024466199910000
13:0027912237590000
14:003209827606073081
15:003712231694512930204
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won more often than the standard build, with clearly higher metal production and fewer own losses by 15:00.

  • + Team won 62% of games versus 53% for the standard build.
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 was much higher than standard (36964 vs 31665).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 was far lower than standard (51 vs 310).
  • − Only 14% of role games reach fusion this early, so timing is hard to hit.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

El_Turco

35.2 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
2428 metal received · 214277 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:08–1:17 · n=89
Advanced Bot Lab4:10Middle 50%: 4:00–4:21 · n=89
Advanced Metal Extractor5:14Middle 50%: 4:57–5:35 · n=89
Fusion Reactor10:04Middle 50%: 9:36–10:25 · n=84

Played most by

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