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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. PawnPawn
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. 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 (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 105 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. CenturionCenturion ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 8:54
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Mex
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Con turret
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Advanced solar
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Energy storage
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Advanced solar
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Advanced solar
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced solar
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    82. PawnPawn ×6
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×4
    85. SentrySentry
    86. PawnPawn
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×4
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Advanced solar
    93. PawnPawn
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Advanced solar
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    101. PawnPawn ×15
    102. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    103. PawnPawn ×9
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    105. PawnPawn ×9

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (47 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

Naigel

47.5 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

82 received units · includes a constructor
704 metal received · 41168 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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