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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Energy storage
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Mex
    19. PawnPawn ×6
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 163 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. TickTick
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret ×2
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Con turret
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:27 · typical 0:47
    9. Solar ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. Wind
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind ×2
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BeamerBeamer
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Con turret
    52. BlitzBlitz ×3
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Con turret
    57. Mex
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Con turret
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Converter
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    65. Converter
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. Converter
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Converter
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Converter ×3
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Wind
    75. Metal storage
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:54 · typical 8:53
    78. Wind
    79. Energy storage
    80. Wind
    81. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    82. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    83. Energy storage
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Advanced solar
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced solar
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Con turret
    96. Energy storage
    97. Advanced solar
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced solar
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced solar
    103. WebberWebber
    104. Con turret
    105. ArbalestArbalest
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. Advanced solar
    109. NettleNettle ×2
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced solar
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:35
    116. Wind
    117. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:29
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×2
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind
    127. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 14:36
    128. Con turret
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Con turret ×2
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind ×2
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. Con turret
    138. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    139. Wind ×5
    140. PawnPawn ×3
    141. Wind ×2
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind ×2
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn ×3
    147. Wind
    148. CrossbowCrossbow
    149. Wind
    150. CrossbowCrossbow
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn ×3
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. BeamerBeamer
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

zeus_on_god

38.1 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
3822 metal received · 52827 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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