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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:04 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind ×7
    2. Energy storagefor Geo sea
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:20 · 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 · 50 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. ButlerButler
    4. Wind
    5. ButlerButler
    6. Wind
    7. ButlerButler
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    14. Wind
    15. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    16. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    19. Wind
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind
    24. Windfor Suicide front
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Windfor Suicide front
    27. ButlerButler
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Windfor Suicide front
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. ButlerButler
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. ButlerButler
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. ButlerButler
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    43. Windfor Suicide front
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:08 · 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 · 132 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Windfor Suicide front
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Windfor Suicide front
    11. TracerTracer
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Windfor Suicide front
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Windfor Suicide front
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:23
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. Wind
    30. Converter ×2
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Metal storage
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter ×2
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Fusion ReactorFusion
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Converter ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Fusion ReactorFusion
    77. Converter ×2
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter ×2
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Energy storagefor Geo sea
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Hardened Energy Storage
    100. Energy storage
    101. Converter ×7
    102. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:36
    103. Converter ×2
    104. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    105. Con turret
    106. Converter
    107. Con turret
    108. Converter
    109. Con turret
    110. Converter ×6
    111. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    114. Converter
    115. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    116. Converter ×2
    117. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    118. Con turret ×2
    119. Converter ×2
    120. Con turret
    121. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    122. Con turret
    123. Converter
    124. Con turret
    125. Converter
    126. Con turret
    127. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    128. Converter ×2
    129. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    130. Converter
    131. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    132. Converter ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ariah's (41 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

Ariah

41.3 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1644 metal received · 91738 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

Played most by

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