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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 · 76 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:51 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. JanusJanus ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    26. Wind
    27. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    28. Wind
    29. JanusJanus
    30. Wind
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. JanusJanus
    33. SentrySentry ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. JanusJanus ×2
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. JanusJanus
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Mex
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. SentrySentry
    60. BlitzBlitz ×4
    61. Mex
    62. BlitzBlitz ×6
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 8:53
    64. SentrySentry ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz ×5
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. BlitzBlitz ×3
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    75. BlitzBlitz ×3
    76. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:11 · 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

  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 · 46 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. PawnPawn
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. PawnPawn
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    16. PawnPawn
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. PawnPawn
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. PawnPawn
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. PawnPawn
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. PawnPawn
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Con turret
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. PawnPawn
    41. BlitzBlitz ×3
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (40 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

0neTw0

40.2 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
110 metal received · 14823 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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