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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 · 1817 distinct matches · 267 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2118 · 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 1817 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 47 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick
    3. TickTick ×2for Pond
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. SentrySentry
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 63 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Mexfor Suicide front
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. ThugThug
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. ThugThug
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind ×3
    18. PawnPawn
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Mex ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Mex
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Mex
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Mex
    35. PawnPawn
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:49 · typical 9:01
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Wind ×2
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry ×2
    52. Wind
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Wind
    60. SentrySentry ×2
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. SentrySentry
    63. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (46 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 69% 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

2118 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
6:00503319201420
7:00626127162288
8:00754635463158
9:00898943264052
10:001056950114780
11:001240355265547
12:001453759766399
13:001690964696999
14:001928672127850
15:002196378758727
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

Erilium

46.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
262 metal received · 11890 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=1426
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:18 · n=1361
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1659

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