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Fast fusion

Armada Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Follows the standard T2 opening but pushes a Fusion Reactor out by about 8:46, well ahead of the normal 12:00 timing, to power a bigger team push later.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (84%)

#eco #t2 · 86 distinct matches · 30 players · 5% of Armada Tech games · team won 58% of 89 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor from 8:43 · 14% of role by thenOnly 14% of Tech games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:05

Then transitions into anti-nuke (27% of army), Armageddon (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Fusion Reactor by 8:46

  1. Open standard Bot Lab into Advanced Bot Lab like typical Tech play.
  2. Finish advanced bot lab and advanced metal extractor on normal schedule.
  3. Push out Fusion Reactor far earlier than the usual 12:02 norm.
  4. Roll into standard Citadel and Armageddon play once fusion is up.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 86 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD TECH
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:43 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 1:08–1:17

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · typical 1:12
  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, 11 wind, 3 con turretdone ~4:10, middle half 4:00–4:21
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (44%)

    By 3:09 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Con turret ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:58 · typical 4:10
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    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 · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Wind
    5. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 4:38
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:04 · typical 5:14
    8. Converter ×3
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine27Wind+8 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter+4 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 8 converterdone ~10:04, middle half 9:36–10:25
    Builders
    • Butler8 Butler +4 vs standard
    • Advanced Construction Bot3 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: con turret (48%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Converter ×3
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    4. ButlerButler ×4
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    6. Metal storage
    7. Wind
    8. Windfor Geo
    9. Wind
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. Wind
    12. Windfor Geo
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    15. Windfor Geo
    16. Wind
    17. Windfor Geo
    18. Wind
    19. Windfor Geo
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    22. Windfor Geo
    23. Wind
    24. Windfor Geo
    25. Wind
    26. Windfor Geo
    27. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    28. Wind
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Windfor Geo
    33. Wind
    34. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:46 · typical 10:04
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine88Wind−54 vs standard
    • Energy Converter51Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Lab
    2. Fusion ReactorFusion after 83 wind, 19 converter, 7 con turretin 67% of games
    3. CitadelAnti-nuke after 95 wind, 31 converter, 8 con turretin 53% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret10 Con turret

    Some games also: Aircraft Plant (44%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (36%) · Tracer (36%) · metal storage (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 5 Butler

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 142 wind · 2 fusion · 60 converter (standard 45) · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 148 steps
    1. Windfor Geo
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Windfor Geo
    5. Wind
    6. Windfor Geo
    7. Wind
    8. Windfor Geo
    9. Wind
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. Wind
    12. Windfor Geo
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Windfor Geo
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Windfor Geo
    23. Wind
    24. Windfor Geo
    25. Wind
    26. Windfor Geo
    27. Wind
    28. Windfor Geo
    29. Wind
    30. Windfor Geo
    31. Fusion ReactorFusion
    32. Wind
    33. Windfor Geo
    34. Wind
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. Wind
    37. Windfor Geo
    38. Wind
    39. Windfor Geo
    40. Wind
    41. T2 converter
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. Wind
    44. Windfor Geo
    45. Wind
    46. Windfor Geo
    47. Wind
    48. T2 converter
    49. Windfor Geo
    50. Wind
    51. Windfor Geo
    52. Wind
    53. Windfor Geo
    54. Wind
    55. Windfor Geo
    56. Wind
    57. Windfor Geo
    58. Wind ×8
    59. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:05
    60. Wind ×13
    61. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:16
    62. T2 converter
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    65. Wind ×2
    66. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. T2 converter
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    85. Wind ×3
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. T2 converter
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×4
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz ×2
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz ×2
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz ×2
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz ×2
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz ×3
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz ×2
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz ×2
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz ×3
    139. Wind ×2
    140. BlitzBlitz ×3
    141. Wind ×2
    142. BlitzBlitz ×3
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    148. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (44 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:20 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Pond or Air or Beach seafirst at 4:40 · in 100% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:46 · 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

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

0100200300
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

89 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
2:009189160000
3:00175316450000
4:00334931620000
5:00492348630000
6:00608558050000
7:00783072400000
8:00997791110000
9:0012648112500000
10:0017125135930000
11:0020580164500000
12:0024466199910000
13:0027912237590000
14:003209827606073081
15:003712231694512930204
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won more often than the standard build, with clearly higher metal production and fewer own losses by 15:00.

  • + Team won 62% of games versus 53% for the standard build.
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 was much higher than standard (36964 vs 31665).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 was far lower than standard (51 vs 310).
  • − Only 14% of role games reach fusion this early, so timing is hard to hit.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

DRM

43.7 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
3460 metal received · 99083 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:08–1:17 · n=89
Advanced Bot Lab4:10Middle 50%: 4:00–4:21 · n=89
Advanced Metal Extractor5:14Middle 50%: 4:57–5:35 · n=89
Fusion Reactor10:04Middle 50%: 9:36–10:25 · n=84

Played most by

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