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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 0:35–8:32

    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 ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:57 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (47 OS, 03/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:18 · 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

Naigel

47.5 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
85 metal received · 36195 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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