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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry ×3
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
  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 · 186 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Energy storage
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    13. Con turret
    14. PawnPawn ×2for Beach sea
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:52 · typical 8:54
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. Mex
    22. Con turret
    23. Mex
    24. Converter ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:48 · typical 0:48
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz ×2
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind ×2
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×4
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind ×4
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind ×5
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind ×3
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×2
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. BlitzBlitz ×2
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz ×2
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind ×3
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. ShellshockerArty ×5
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind
    125. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    126. Wind
    127. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    128. Wind ×2
    129. ShellshockerArty
    130. NettleNettle
    131. ShellshockerArty
    132. NettleNettle
    133. ShellshockerArty
    134. NettleNettle ×2
    135. Wind ×2
    136. ShellshockerArty
    137. NettleNettle
    138. Wind
    139. ShellshockerArty
    140. Wind
    141. NettleNettle
    142. Wind
    143. ShellshockerArty
    144. Wind
    145. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:09
    146. Wind
    147. NettleNettle
    148. ShellshockerArty
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind ×2
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind ×3
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. VeilVeil
    164. Wind ×2
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind ×2
    167. BlitzBlitz ×2
    168. Wind
    169. ArbalestArbalest
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz ×2
    175. Wind
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. Wind
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. Metal storage
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. Wind
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. ArbalestArbalest
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slump's (38 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

Slump

38.0 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
274 metal received · 55535 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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