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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1808 distinct matches · 266 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2109 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 7:43

  1. Open mex and wind, drop Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately.
  2. Pump Blitz, Rocketeer and Pawn to the coast to stop leaks first.
  3. Add Centurion and Janus once first units are moving up.
  4. Form units into a line pushing toward middle as numbers grow.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transition kicks in.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1808 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. JanusJanus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. SentrySentry
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. JanusJanus
    31. Wind
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Mex
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Mex
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

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

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 113 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. ShellshockerArty
    3. SentrySentry
    4. ShellshockerArty ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. OverwatchOverwatch
    8. BlitzBlitz ×3
    9. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    10. SentrySentry
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:00 · typical 9:01
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    15. BlitzBlitz ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Con turret
    20. SentrySentry
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RoverScout
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RoverScout
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RoverScout ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RoverScout
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. RoverScout
    35. SentrySentry
    36. RoverScout ×3
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
    41. RoverScout
    42. Wind
    43. RoverScout
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. RoverScout
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. RoverScout
    49. Wind
    50. RoverScout
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Wind
    53. RoverScout
    54. Energy storage
    55. RoverScout
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. RoverScout
    58. Wind
    59. RoverScout
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. RoverScout
    63. NettleNettle
    64. Wind
    65. RoverScout
    66. SentrySentry
    67. VeilVeil
    68. RoverScout
    69. Wind
    70. RoverScout
    71. Con turret
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Con turret
    74. SentrySentry ×3
    75. RoverScout
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. Advanced solar
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. RoverScout
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. Pit BullPit Bull
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. RoverScout
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    90. Advanced solar
    91. RoverScout ×2
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    93. RoverScout
    94. Advanced solar
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. RoverScout
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Energy storage
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    100. RoverScout
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. Pit BullPit Bull
    103. RoverScout
    104. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    105. RoverScout
    106. Advanced solar
    107. RoverScout ×5
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2
    109. BeamerBeamer
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. Pit BullPit Bull
    112. BlitzBlitz ×2
    113. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [DmE]Mr_Inconclusive's (31 OS, 22/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:24 · in 65% 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

2109 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123781
6:00503419201419
7:00626327142288
8:00754935453155
9:00899643224047
10:001057750054770
11:001240955255546
12:001454659766395
13:001692064696998
14:001928472167848
15:002194878738711
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than Suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00 while losing less of it.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22627 by 15:00, well above Suicide front's 20142.
  • + Own metal lost is 8944 by 15:00, lower than enemy metal destroyed ratio of Suicide front.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:43, showing exposure despite the safer position.
  • − Blitz dominates army share at 25%, leaving fewer Centurion for anti-swarm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[DmE]Mr_Inconclusive

30.6 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
23 metal received · 34416 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1419
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1355
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1652

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