BAR / BUILD ATLAS
SUPREME ISTHMUS / 8 VS 8

Know your ground.
Build your advantage.

Openings found in real games.
Follow the sequence. Understand the role.
Find your next first move.

THE OPENING BOOK

Builds from the battlefield03

MOST COMMON FIRST · WHAT SETS EACH BUILD APART · TYPICAL TIMINGSEVIDENCE
01
Beach seaEconomy first#raid#amphibious#rush

Hovercraft raid

Player rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 1:10 and pushes out Seeker hovercraft as an early raid by 2:13, well before the shipyard which is delayed to around 4:16, using the raid to harass while sea presence catches up later.

Hovercraft Platform in 100%Seeker in 99%

Hovercraft Platform → Shipyard → Destroyer → Advanced Metal Extractor

OPENINGMetal Extractor ×3×3→Solar Collector→Wind Turbine ×3×3→Energy Storage→Wind Turbine ×4×4→Hovercraft Platform→Sentry→Metal Extractor ×5×5

11% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 53% of 70 · Then: destroyer, seeker, dolphin · Last seen 24 Sept

70MATCHES27 players
02
PondArmadaEconomy first#raid#amphibious

Seeker hover raid

Pond rushes a Hovercraft Platform by 3:21 and sends Seeker hovercraft raiding from around 4:04, reaching the enemy base in a large share of its games.

Hover raid from 4:04 · 2% of role by thenHovercraft Platform in 95%Seeker in 65%

Hovercraft Platform → Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor

OPENINGTidal Generator ×12×12→Metal Extractor ×4×4→Wind Turbine ×4×4→Energy Storage→Hovercraft Platform→Energy Converter→Sentry→Metal Extractor ×2×2

2% of Armada Pond games · team won 50% of 20 · Last seen 15 Sept

20MATCHES9 players
03
GeoArmadaEconomy first#raid#amphibious

Seeker hover raid

Geo builds a Hovercraft Platform very early and raids with Seeker hovercraft from 4:44, reaching the enemy base in most games, a distinct detour from the usual T2-first Geo plan.

Hover raid from 4:44 · 1% of role by thenHovercraft Platform in 100%

Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Hovercraft Platform → Advanced Metal Extractor

OPENINGMetal Extractor ×2×2→Wind Turbine ×3×3→Bot Lab→Solar Collector→Wind Turbine ×4×4→Metal Extractor ×2×2→Energy Storage→Geothermal Powerplant

1% of Armada Geo games · team won 79% of 14 · Then: Starlight, Jaguar, bomber · Last seen 12 Sept

14MATCHES10 players
Initial collection in progressHow builds are found ↗
01 / OBSERVE

Real games. Real sequences.

02 / RECOGNISE

Repeated openings, made readable.

03 / ADAPT

A starting point for your own game.