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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 · 1138 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1297 · 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 1138 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. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:47
  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 (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. WhistlerMissile truck ×4
    17. SentrySentry
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. JanusJanus
  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 · 73 steps
    1. JanusJanus
    2. WhistlerMissile truck ×6
    3. Wind
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. Wind
    6. WhistlerMissile truck
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Wind
    12. SentrySentry
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. SentrySentry
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Wind
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. Wind
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
    33. Con turret
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. WhistlerMissile truck
    37. BlitzBlitz ×4
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz ×3
    49. Energy storage
    50. Con turret
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. Mex
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Con turret
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    60. Wind ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz ×4
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Energy storage
    73. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (45 OS, 09/10/2026); 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

1297 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
6:00505920891516
7:00630729482450
8:00763437983332
9:00907646234252
10:001068052884987
11:001260857865652
12:001483463526481
13:001741369637190
14:002016875948094
15:002268483578974
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

TrapCaT

45.1 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
26 metal received · 19158 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=820
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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