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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Energy storage
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 · 86 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×14
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 8:53
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Con turret
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind ×6
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind ×6
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×4
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Wind ×3
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Wind ×3
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Con turret
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    58. Con turret
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Converter
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Wind
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Wind ×2
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. CenturionCenturion
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. CenturionCenturion
    79. Converter
    80. Con turret
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Converter
    83. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

TrapCaT

41.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
124 metal received · 50130 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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