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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 · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. 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 (40%) · 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 · 241 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Con turret
    31. Energy storage
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×7
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×7
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind ×3
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×3
    53. TickTick
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×3
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind ×3
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind ×2
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind ×3
    75. TickTick
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Con turret
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09 · typical 8:53
    81. Wind ×2
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Converter ×2
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. SentrySentry
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. SentrySentry
    107. Wind ×2
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. SentrySentry
    114. Wind ×2
    115. SentrySentry
    116. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:42
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Con turret
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    127. Converter
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. Wind ×2
    130. FerretFerret
    131. TickTick
    132. Construction BotCon bot
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. Converter ×2
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. FerretFerret
    138. TickTick
    139. Construction BotCon bot
    140. Wind
    141. SentrySentry
    142. Wind
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. SentrySentry
    147. TickTick ×4
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. Converter
    154. FerretFerret
    155. TickTick ×4
    156. Wind ×2
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Converter
    159. TickTick
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×2
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×2
    168. PawnPawn ×2
    169. BeamerBeamer
    170. PawnPawn ×2
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. BeamerBeamer
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. Converter
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. Converter
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind ×2
    185. PawnPawn ×2
    186. Converter
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. BeamerBeamer
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn ×2
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×2
    195. PawnPawn ×2
    196. Con turret
    197. PawnPawn
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Con turret
    201. PawnPawn
    202. Wind
    203. Converter
    204. PawnPawn
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn ×2
    207. Converter
    208. PawnPawn ×2
    209. Wind ×2
    210. PawnPawn ×3
    211. Converter
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Wind
    214. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    215. PawnPawn ×2
    216. Wind
    217. Converter
    218. PawnPawn ×2
    219. Wind
    220. PawnPawn ×3
    221. Converter
    222. PawnPawn
    223. Wind
    224. PawnPawn
    225. Wind
    226. PawnPawn ×3
    227. Wind
    228. PawnPawn
    229. Wind
    230. PawnPawn
    231. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    232. Converter
    233. PawnPawn
    234. Converter
    235. PawnPawn
    236. Wind
    237. PawnPawn
    238. Wind
    239. PawnPawn ×4
    240. Converter
    241. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zus's (37 OS, 10/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Zus

37.2 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
32 metal received · 61453 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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