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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 (82%)

#eco #t2 · 178 distinct matches · 61 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 59% of 184 · 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 178 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:52 · 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 (45%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Converter
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. 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 (48%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:43 · typical 5:20
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Converter ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine26Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 7 converterdone ~10:12, middle half 9:50–10:42
    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 (48%)

    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 · 44 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    7. Wind
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Wind
    15. ButlerButler
    16. Wind
    17. ButlerButler
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced solar
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced solarfor Pond
    29. Wind ×2
    30. ButlerButlerfor Pond
    31. Wind
    32. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. CitadelAnti-nuke
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:05 · typical 10:12
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine86Wind−64 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 (48%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (39%) · Aircraft Plant (38%) · metal storage (35%) · Butler (32%)

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

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 132 wind (standard 186) · 2 fusion · 56 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 117 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. ButlerButler
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×5
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×5
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Fusion ReactorFusion
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. T2 converter
    21. Metal storage
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. TracerTracer
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3for Geo sea
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Windfor Geo sea
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Windfor Geo sea
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. T2 converter
    38. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    39. Converter
    40. Con turret
    41. Windfor Geo sea
    42. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    43. Windfor Geo sea
    44. Converter
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    47. Con turret
    48. Windfor Geo sea
    49. T2 converter
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. Windfor Geo sea
    55. Wind
    56. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:22
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Windfor Geo sea
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Converter
    63. TickTick
    64. Windfor Geo sea
    65. TickTick
    66. Windfor Geo sea
    67. TickTick ×3
    68. Windfor Geo sea
    69. TickTick ×4
    70. Windfor Geo sea
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick ×4
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. ArbalestArbalest
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Con turret
    94. CitadelAnti-nuke
    95. Con turret
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    106. Wind ×3
    107. Converter
    108. T2 converter
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Converter
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Con turret
    114. Converter
    115. T2 converter
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sdragona's (34 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 Beach seafirst at 4:47 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:55 · in 85% 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

184 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
3:00168816520000
4:00319731440000
5:00487948480000
6:00595858020000
7:00767472320000
8:00975890640000
9:0012179111770000
10:0015809135130000
11:0019815162420000
12:0023416196560000
13:0027140234260000
14:00309572728600074
15:003590631503011075130
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

Sdragona

33.7 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
3573 metal received · 133959 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=184
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:03–4:28 · n=184
Advanced Metal Extractor5:20Middle 50%: 5:00–5:40 · n=184
Fusion Reactor10:12Middle 50%: 9:50–10:42 · n=171

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