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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 0:44 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Geo
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. BeholderBeholder
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Con turret
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 286 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Energy storage
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Energy storage
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Energy storage
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarusfor Geo
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. AnemoneAnemone
    18. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:49 · typical 8:53
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. NettleNettle ×2
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. Naval NettleNaval Nettle ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    36. Wind
    37. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:17
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. TickTick
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. SentrySentry
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. TickTick
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. PawnPawn ×3
    52. TickTick
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. TickTick
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×3
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. TickTick
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 10:40
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Converter
    85. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. SeekerSeeker
    94. TickTick
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind
    97. SeekerSeeker
    98. PawnPawn
    99. SeekerSeeker
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. PossumPossum
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Converter
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. PossumPossum
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. PossumPossum
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:22 · typical 0:47
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. StoutStout
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Converter
    127. PawnPawn
    128. StoutStout
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind ×2
    133. StoutStout
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. PawnPawn
    138. StoutStout
    139. Wind ×2
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. Construction BotCon bot
    146. Wind
    147. StoutStout
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. StoutStout
    155. PawnPawn
    156. TickTick
    157. StoutStout
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. StoutStout
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. StoutStout
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Converter
    171. PawnPawn
    172. StoutStout
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind ×2
    175. TickTick
    176. PawnPawn
    177. StoutStout
    178. Wind ×2
    179. PawnPawn ×2
    180. Converter
    181. StoutStout
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind ×2
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Wind
    186. StoutStout
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn
    190. StoutStout
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn
    196. StoutStout
    197. Wind
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. Wind
    202. StoutStout
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. PawnPawn
    208. StoutStout
    209. PawnPawn
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn
    212. StoutStout
    213. Converter
    214. Wind
    215. TickTick
    216. PawnPawn
    217. StoutStout
    218. Wind ×2
    219. PawnPawn
    220. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    221. Wind
    222. StoutStout
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Wind
    225. Converter
    226. TickTick
    227. Wind
    228. PawnPawn
    229. StoutStout
    230. PawnPawn
    231. Wind ×2
    232. StoutStout
    233. PawnPawn
    234. TickTick
    235. Wind ×2
    236. PawnPawn
    237. StoutStout
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Wind
    240. StoutStout
    241. PawnPawn
    242. Wind ×2
    243. StoutStout
    244. TickTick
    245. PawnPawn
    246. Converter
    247. Wind ×2
    248. PawnPawn
    249. StoutStout
    250. Wind
    251. PawnPawn
    252. Wind
    253. TickTick
    254. Wind
    255. StoutStout
    256. Converter
    257. PawnPawn
    258. StoutStout
    259. PawnPawn
    260. Wind ×2
    261. StoutStout
    262. PawnPawn
    263. Converter
    264. TickTick
    265. PawnPawn
    266. StoutStout
    267. PawnPawn
    268. Wind ×2
    269. StoutStout
    270. PawnPawn
    271. Converter
    272. TickTick
    273. StoutStout
    274. PawnPawn
    275. Wind ×2
    276. StoutStout
    277. PawnPawn ×2
    278. Converter
    279. StoutStout
    280. TickTick
    281. PawnPawn
    282. Wind
    283. PawnPawn
    284. Wind
    285. StoutStout
    286. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 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

[Grump]_Doni

50.9 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
542 metal received · 117022 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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