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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 1:06 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Energy storage
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:02 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Converter ×4
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:05 · typical 5:17
    9. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 4:41
    10. Wind ×3
  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 · 33 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind
    12. ButlerButler
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. ButlerButler ×3
    16. Wind ×2
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ButlerButler
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ButlerButler
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    24. Wind ×5
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:39 · 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 · 216 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×5
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×5
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×6
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×6
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Fusion ReactorFusion
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×5
    32. Con turret
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×6
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Converter
    40. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:52
    41. Wind ×3
    42. StormbringerBomber ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. Wind
    48. StormbringerBomber
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. StormbringerBomber
    52. Wind ×2
    53. StormbringerBomber
    54. Wind
    55. StormbringerBomber
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. StormbringerBomber
    60. Wind
    61. StormbringerBomber
    62. Wind ×2
    63. StormbringerBomber
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. StormbringerBomber
    67. Wind ×2
    68. StormbringerBomber
    69. Wind ×2
    70. StormbringerBomber
    71. Wind
    72. StormbringerBomber
    73. Wind ×3
    74. StormbringerBomber ×2
    75. Wind ×2
    76. StormbringerBomber
    77. Wind ×2
    78. StormbringerBomber ×2
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. StormbringerBomber
    82. Wind
    83. StormbringerBomber
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. StormbringerBomber
    87. Wind
    88. StormbringerBomber
    89. Wind
    90. StormbringerBomber
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. StormbringerBomber ×2
    96. Wind ×2
    97. StormbringerBomber
    98. Converter
    99. StormbringerBomber
    100. Wind ×2
    101. StormbringerBomber
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. StormbringerBomber
    106. Converter
    107. StormbringerBomber
    108. Wind ×2
    109. StormbringerBomber ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. StormbringerBomber ×2
    113. Wind ×2
    114. StormbringerBomber
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. StormbringerBomber
    118. Wind
    119. StormbringerBomber
    120. Converter
    121. StormbringerBomber
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Con turret
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. StormbringerBomber
    130. Wind ×2
    131. StormbringerBomber ×2
    132. Wind
    133. StormbringerBomber
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. StormbringerBomber
    137. Converter
    138. StormbringerBomber
    139. Wind ×2
    140. StormbringerBomber
    141. Converter
    142. StormbringerBomber
    143. Wind
    144. StormbringerBomber
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. StormbringerBomber
    148. FalconFighter
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. FalconFighter ×2
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. FalconFighter
    158. Con turret
    159. FalconFighter
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. Con turret
    163. FalconFighter
    164. Wind
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Converter
    167. FalconFighter
    168. Wind ×2
    169. Converter
    170. FalconFighter ×3
    171. Wind ×2
    172. FalconFighter
    173. Converter
    174. FalconFighter
    175. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 14:17
    176. Converter
    177. FalconFighter
    178. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:19
    179. Wind ×2
    180. PawnPawn ×2
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. Converter
    184. Wind
    185. Converter
    186. PawnPawn ×7
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×4
    191. Converter
    192. PawnPawn ×2
    193. Converter
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn ×2
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn ×5
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn ×3
    200. Wind
    201. Converter
    202. PawnPawn ×2
    203. Converter
    204. PawnPawn ×4
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn ×2
    207. Wind
    208. PawnPawn ×7
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. PawnPawn
    214. Converter
    215. PawnPawn
    216. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Teaner's (49 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

49.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3733 metal received · 131951 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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