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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Converter
    13. Energy storage
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:10 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:06 · typical 5:17
  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 · 13 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    2. FatboyFatboyfor Suicide frontdone 8:04
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Solar
    6. Wind ×5
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    10. Wind ×4
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:18 · 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 · 165 steps
    1. ButlerButler
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×2
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Wind
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Con turret
    9. ButlerButler
    10. Wind
    11. ButlerButler
    12. Wind
    13. ButlerButler
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Converter
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:58
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ButlerButler
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×6
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×5
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×6
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Con turret ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. ButlerButler
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×5
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×4
    75. ButlerButler
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×5
    82. Converter ×3
    83. Wind ×4
    84. ButlerButler
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×5
    94. Converter
    95. ButlerButler
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×5
    100. Converter ×2
    101. Wind
    102. ButlerButler
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. T2 converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter ×2
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind ×5
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×5
    116. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind ×5
    120. Converter ×2
    121. Wind ×7
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter ×2
    125. Wind ×9
    126. Converter ×2
    127. Wind ×6
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×5
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×7
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×2
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×8
    148. Converter
    149. Con turret
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×5
    152. T2 converter
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×6
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Clubz's (42 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

RAM_Clubz

42.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
835 metal received · 122354 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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