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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 1:07 · 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 ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:08 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. Wind ×2
    7. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 4:48
    8. Wind ×2
    9. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
  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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:56 · typical 5:17
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. ButlerButler ×5
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×5
    28. Converter ×2
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:34 · 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 · 193 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Converter ×6
    5. Fusion ReactorFusion
    6. Converter ×7
    7. TracerTracer
    8. Converter ×3
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:38
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:16
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter
    33. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    34. Wind ×3
    35. StormbringerBomber
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. StormbringerBomber
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. StormbringerBomber
    43. Wind
    44. StormbringerBomber
    45. Wind
    46. Converter ×2
    47. Wind
    48. StormbringerBomber
    49. Wind ×2
    50. StormbringerBomber
    51. Converter ×2
    52. StormbringerBomber
    53. Wind ×2
    54. StormbringerBomber
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. StormbringerBomber
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. StormbringerBomber
    61. Wind ×2
    62. StormbringerBomber
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. StormbringerBomber
    67. Wind ×2
    68. StormbringerBomber
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. StormbringerBomber
    75. Wind
    76. StormbringerBomber
    77. Wind
    78. Converter ×2
    79. StormbringerBomber
    80. Wind
    81. StormbringerBomber
    82. Wind ×2
    83. StormbringerBomber
    84. Converter ×2
    85. Wind
    86. StormbringerBomber
    87. Wind
    88. StormbringerBomber
    89. Wind
    90. StormbringerBomber
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. StormbringerBomber
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. StormbringerBomber
    97. Wind
    98. StormbringerBomber
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. StormbringerBomber
    103. Wind
    104. StormbringerBomber
    105. Wind ×2
    106. StormbringerBomber
    107. Converter ×2
    108. Wind
    109. StormbringerBomber
    110. Wind
    111. StormbringerBomber
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. StormbringerBomber
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. StormbringerBomber
    118. Wind
    119. StormbringerBomber
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. StormbringerBomber
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. StormbringerBomber ×2
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. StormbringerBomber
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. StormbringerBomber
    134. Wind
    135. StormbringerBomber
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. StormbringerBomber
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. FalconFighter
    142. Wind
    143. FalconFighter
    144. Wind
    145. FalconFighter
    146. Converter
    147. FalconFighter
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. FalconFighter
    151. Wind
    152. FalconFighter
    153. Wind
    154. FalconFighter
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. FalconFighter
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. FalconFighter
    161. Wind
    162. FalconFighter ×2
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. FalconFighter
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. FalconFighter
    169. Wind
    170. FalconFighter
    171. Wind
    172. FalconFighter
    173. Converter
    174. FalconFighter
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. FalconFighter
    178. Wind
    179. FalconFighter
    180. Wind
    181. FalconFighter
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. FalconFighter
    185. Converter
    186. FalconFighter
    187. Wind
    188. FalconFighter
    189. Wind
    190. FalconFighter
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Teaner's (47 OS, 15/09/2026); 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

47.2 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

86 received units
2842 metal received · 152343 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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