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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 (81%)

#eco #t2 · 181 distinct matches · 63 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 59% of 187 · 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 181 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 (46%)

    By 3:13 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:04 · 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 (49%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:45 · typical 5:20
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 5:16
    13. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine26Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 7 converterdone ~10:12, middle half 9:51–10:42
    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 (49%)

    By 8:52 in all: 4 mex · 43 wind · 7 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    3. Wind ×8
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Air
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. SharpshooterSniper botfor Pond
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    10. Con turret
    11. ButlerButler ×4
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Converter
    16. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:37 · typical 10:12
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine87Wind−63 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 (49%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (38%) · Aircraft Plant (37%) · metal storage (35%) · Butler (33%)

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

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 133 wind (standard 186) · 2 fusion · 55 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 105 steps
    1. ButlerButler
    2. Wind
    3. ButlerButler
    4. Wind
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×4
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind ×3
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×7
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×5
    34. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×9
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind ×5
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×3
    51. T2 converter
    52. Wind ×6
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×5
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×7
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Converter ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×4
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Hardened Energy Storage
    68. T2 converter
    69. Wind ×9
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×5
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×14
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:25
    81. Wind ×6
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. T2 converter
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind ×6
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind ×2
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind ×3
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×2
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind ×4
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (34 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 84% 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

187 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
3:00169016520000
4:00320231440000
5:00487748470000
6:00596058020000
7:00765872280000
8:00974090660000
9:0012176111830000
10:0015777135200000
11:0019796162390000
12:0023367196640000
13:0027006234400000
14:00309552730300074
15:003585031520010575130
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

Vaticineur

33.7 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
2638 metal received · 127386 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=187
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:03–4:28 · n=187
Advanced Metal Extractor5:20Middle 50%: 5:00–5:40 · n=187
Fusion Reactor10:12Middle 50%: 9:51–10:42 · n=174

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