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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1819 distinct matches · 268 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2120 · 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 1819 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion ×2
    15. Mex
    16. Converter
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind ×2
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 122 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Mex
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:45 · typical 9:01
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. CenturionCenturion ×3
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Wind
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Wind
    50. LazarusLazarus ×2
    51. Wind
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. Wind
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Advanced solar
    58. CenturionCenturion ×4
    59. Converter
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Converter
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Converter
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Converter
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Con turret
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. Wind
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Con turret
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:58
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:13
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:43
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. LazarusLazarus ×3
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. LazarusLazarus
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is galactikraken's (32 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · in 65% 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

2120 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503119191420
7:00625927142290
8:00754435453155
9:00898843244049
10:001056950074780
11:001240355265547
12:001453759766399
13:001690964667001
14:001928672057853
15:002196378758731
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

galactikraken

31.7 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
815 metal received · 3986 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1428
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:17 · n=1362
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1660

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