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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 · 176 distinct matches · 61 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 59% of 182 · 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 176 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:21 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Energy storage
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Windfor Beach sea
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Windfor Beach sea
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:17 · 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 (47%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Windfor Beach sea
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Windfor Beach sea
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:00 · typical 5:19
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine26Wind+7 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 7 converterdone ~10:10, 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 8:51 in all: 4 mex · 43 wind · 7 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    2. Wind ×2for Beach sea
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Windfor Beach sea
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    6. Windfor Beach sea
    7. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    8. Windfor Beach sea
    9. ButlerButlerfor Geo sea
    10. Windfor Beach sea
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    19. Wind
    20. Metal storage
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    24. Wind
    25. ButlerButler ×2
    26. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:34 · typical 10:10
  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 (37%) · metal storage (36%) · 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 · 106 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Fusion ReactorFusion
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. T2 converter
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×3
    28. T2 converter
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. Fusion ReactorFusion
    33. T2 converter
    34. Wind ×7
    35. TracerTracer
    36. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:57
    37. Wind ×3
    38. BlinkScout plane ×2
    39. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    40. FalconFighter
    41. Wind
    42. FalconFighter ×5
    43. Wind
    44. FalconFighter ×4
    45. Wind
    46. FalconFighter ×4
    47. Wind
    48. FalconFighter ×4
    49. Wind
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    52. FalconFighter
    53. BlinkScout plane
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. FalconFighter ×3
    57. Wind
    58. FalconFighter ×4
    59. Wind
    60. FalconFighter ×3
    61. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:02
    62. BlinkScout plane
    63. Wind
    64. BlinkScout plane
    65. FalconFighter ×2
    66. Wind
    67. FalconFighter ×3
    68. Con turret
    69. FalconFighter
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. FalconFighter ×3
    73. Wind
    74. FalconFighter ×5
    75. Wind
    76. FalconFighter ×7
    77. Wind
    78. FalconFighter ×5
    79. Wind
    80. FalconFighter ×5
    81. Wind
    82. BlinkScout plane
    83. FalconFighter ×3
    84. Con turret
    85. FalconFighter
    86. Wind
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Con turret
    89. FalconFighter ×3
    90. Wind
    91. FalconFighter ×6
    92. Wind
    93. FalconFighter ×7
    94. Wind
    95. FalconFighter ×2
    96. BlinkScout plane
    97. FalconFighter ×3
    98. Wind
    99. FalconFighter ×2
    100. StormbringerBomber ×4
    101. Wind
    102. StormbringerBomber ×4
    103. Wind
    104. StormbringerBomber ×5
    105. Wind
    106. StormbringerBomber ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (33 OS, 12/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Airfirst at 2:22 · in 85% 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 86% 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

182 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
3:00168516520000
4:00320831430000
5:00487948480000
6:00596258010000
7:00769272300000
8:00978690640000
9:0012183111780000
10:0015844135200000
11:0019866162420000
12:0023390196520000
13:0027289234300000
14:00309852728600074
15:003596531512010874130
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

TheGeneraI

33.1 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
3803 metal received · 72313 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=182
Advanced Bot Lab4:15Middle 50%: 4:03–4:28 · n=182
Advanced Metal Extractor5:19Middle 50%: 5:00–5:40 · n=182
Fusion Reactor10:10Middle 50%: 9:50–10:42 · n=169

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