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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · 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 1137 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 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. SentrySentry
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. SentrySentry
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 60 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Energy storage
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:14 · typical 8:53
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. PawnPawn ×4
    17. SentrySentry
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn ×6
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. SentrySentry
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. SentrySentry
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. SentrySentry
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. PawnPawn ×3
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. PawnPawn ×5
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. PawnPawn
    37. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:52
    38. PawnPawn ×8
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. PawnPawn
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. SentrySentry
    43. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    44. PawnPawn
    45. LazarusLazarus ×2
    46. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    47. PawnPawn ×3
    48. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    49. PawnPawn ×6
    50. LazarusLazarus ×3
    51. Mex
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. PawnPawn
    54. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (41 OS, 07/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
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

Damsko

40.7 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
234 metal received · 33808 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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