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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:34 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:21 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Wind ×4
    5. GunslingerGunslingerfor Ponddone 4:38
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    8. Wind ×2
  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 · 41 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:22 · typical 5:17
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter ×2
    9. GunslingerGunslinger
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Converter
    39. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:14 · 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 · 61 steps
    1. ButlerButler
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. ButlerButler
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButler
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Con turret
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×13
    15. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×6
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. ArmageddonArmageddondone 12:54
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×4
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×8
    31. T2 converter
    32. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×5
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Con turret
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×5
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (46 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

Gieds

46.3 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
5119 metal received · 96057 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

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