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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 · 1142 distinct matches · 144 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1301 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1142 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 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 171 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Energy storage
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:47
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:13
    39. TickTick ×3
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 8:53
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Mex
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    54. TickTick
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. TickTick
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. TickTick
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. TickTick
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. TickTick
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. TickTick
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. TickTick
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. TickTick
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. TickTick
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. TickTick
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. TickTick
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. TickTick
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. TickTick
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. TickTick
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. TickTick
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Con turret
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. Con turret
    127. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    128. TickTick
    129. Metal storage
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. BeamerBeamer
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. BeamerBeamer
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. BeamerBeamer
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×3
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:32
    146. TickTick
    147. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    148. Wind ×2
    149. Mex
    150. Wind
    151. Mex
    152. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    153. Wind
    154. BeamerBeamer
    155. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    156. Con turret
    157. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    158. ButlerButler
    159. BeamerBeamer
    160. Converter ×2
    161. Con turret
    162. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:39
    163. Converter
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Converter
    168. ChainsawChainsaw
    169. BlitzBlitz ×2
    170. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    171. BlitzBlitz ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slump's (38 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1301 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001621143105
4:002705545333
5:0038531204813
6:00505920911516
7:00630629482450
8:00763037923332
9:00907346184251
10:001067952784971
11:001260857825641
12:001483463526481
13:001741369637190
14:002016875948093
15:002270483578972
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Slump

37.8 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
41 metal received · 24231 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=823
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=919
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1039

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