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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, transitioning into the usual Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus mix to contest middle and hold the wider gap.

#eco · 1060 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1210 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1060 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 0:35–8:31

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex ×2
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. PawnPawn ×6
    20. TickTick
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. LazarusLazarus
    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 (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion ×3
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. TickTick
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48 · typical 8:53
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. TickTick
    14. LazarusLazarus ×2
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    21. Mex
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind ×3
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Con turret
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Mex
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. ThistleThistle
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Con turret
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×2
    60. StarlightStarlightfor Geodone 13:10
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind ×2
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind ×2
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. BeamerBeamer
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind ×2
    85. CrossbowCrossbow
    86. Wind
    87. CrossbowCrossbow
    88. Wind
    89. CrossbowCrossbow
    90. Wind ×3
    91. CrossbowCrossbow
    92. Wind ×2
    93. CrossbowCrossbow
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind
    97. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. CrossbowCrossbow
    100. Wind
    101. CrossbowCrossbow
    102. JaguarJaguar
    103. CrossbowCrossbow
    104. Wind ×2
    105. CrossbowCrossbow
    106. Wind
    107. CrossbowCrossbow
    108. Wind
    109. CrossbowCrossbow
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Energy storage
    118. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1210 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002712541333
5:0038591200817
6:00506521051522
7:00631329672419
8:00763738143332
9:00908346244274
10:001069652935006
11:001262557855683
12:001484563526488
13:001744469777174
14:002017276238083
15:002273283908949
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Xad

40.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1047 metal received · 32249 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:31 · n=768
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=970

Played most by

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