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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard economy-first opening, building Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant immediately then teching up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army to hold and push middle.

#eco · 1067 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1218 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1067 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 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 Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind ×2
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. SentrySentry
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (39%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 132 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. SentrySentry
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn ×7
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn ×6
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. PawnPawn ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. AnemoneAnemone
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Con turret
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Energy storage
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Con turret
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Con turret
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. Energy storage
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Converter
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Converter
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:52 · typical 8:53
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. BeamerBeamer
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Converter
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Converter ×2
    106. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    109. Converter
    110. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. BeamerBeamer
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. Wind ×4
    123. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:01
    124. Wind ×11
    125. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:33
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Advanced solar
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. Advanced solar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (39 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1218 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711541333
5:0038551201817
6:00506221101523
7:00631129672430
8:00763738123332
9:00907846244274
10:001069152935002
11:001262357855680
12:001483963526488
13:001743369777174
14:002017276078077
15:002273283768960
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

KOT_

39.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
754 metal received · 20807 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=773
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=860
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=975

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