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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 · 179 distinct matches · 63 players · 6% of Armada Tech games · team won 59% of 185 · 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 179 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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 ~4:16, 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 (46%)

    By 3:14 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Energy storage
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Con turret
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:59 · typical 4:16
  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 · 11 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:50 · typical 5:20
    10. Converter
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  4. 4

    5:00 to Fusion Reactor

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine26Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Fusion ReactorFusion Reactor after 4 mex, 43 wind, 7 converterdone ~10:12, middle half 9:51–10:42
    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 (49%)

    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 · 26 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. SharpshooterSniper botfor Suicide frontdone 6:31
    8. ButlerButler
    9. Con turret
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    13. Wind
    14. ButlerButler
    15. SharpshooterSniper botfor Suicide front
    16. Wind ×3
    17. ButlerButler ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×6
    26. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:09 · typical 10:12
  5. 5

    Fusion Reactor to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine87Wind−63 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 (49%) · Advanced Fusion Reactor (38%) · 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 · 133 wind (standard 187) · 2 fusion · 55 converter · 1 energy storage · 1 metal storage

    The example game in this phase · 117 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. T2 converter
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. ButlerButler
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×5
    22. Converter
    23. ButlerButler
    24. Wind ×3
    25. ButlerButler
    26. Wind ×10
    27. Con turret
    28. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    29. Wind ×5
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×5
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×6
    34. Con turret
    35. Hardened Energy Storage
    36. Wind ×9
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×11
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×5
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×9
    45. T2 converter
    46. Wind ×9
    47. Fusion ReactorFusion
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×5
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. T2 converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×11
    61. T2 converter
    62. Wind ×20
    63. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:01
    64. Wind ×16
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. T2 converter ×2
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind ×4
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind ×4
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. T2 converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur'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 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

050100
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

185 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
3:00168516510000
4:00320231440000
5:00488048470000
6:00596458000000
7:00769072270000
8:00977690610000
9:0012181111730000
10:0015841135030000
11:0019834162420000
12:0023367196560000
13:0027274234450000
14:00309592736200073
15:00359613154208575130
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

Vaticineur

33.4 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1784 metal received · 197658 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=185
Advanced Bot Lab4:16Middle 50%: 4:03–4:28 · n=185
Advanced Metal Extractor5:20Middle 50%: 5:00–5:40 · n=185
Fusion Reactor10:12Middle 50%: 9:51–10:42 · n=172

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