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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 · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · 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 1137 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. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz ×4
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz ×2
  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 · 203 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz ×2
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Energy storage
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Con turret
    18. BlitzBlitz ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:04 · typical 8:53
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. GauntletGauntletdone 8:15
    35. Wind
    36. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    37. Wind
    38. GauntletGauntlet
    39. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:53
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×5
    42. Wind
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. Wind ×4
    59. RoverScout
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:41
    68. RoverScout
    69. Wind ×4
    70. StoutStout
    71. Con turret
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×2
    74. StoutStout
    75. Wind ×2
    76. StoutStout
    77. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:02
    78. RoverScout
    79. Wind
    80. StoutStout
    81. Wind
    82. StoutStout
    83. Wind ×4
    84. StoutStout
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind ×2
    88. StoutStout
    89. Wind
    90. StoutStout
    91. Wind
    92. StoutStout
    93. Wind ×3
    94. RoverScout
    95. StoutStout
    96. Con turret
    97. StoutStout
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. StoutStout
    100. Wind ×2
    101. RoverScout
    102. Wind
    103. StoutStout
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. StoutStout
    107. Wind
    108. StoutStout
    109. Wind
    110. RoverScout
    111. StoutStout
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. StoutStout
    115. Wind ×2
    116. StoutStout
    117. RoverScout
    118. Wind
    119. BeholderBeholder
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. StoutStout ×2
    123. Wind ×2
    124. StoutStout
    125. Wind
    126. RoverScout
    127. StoutStout
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    131. BeholderBeholder
    132. Wind
    133. Con turret
    134. RoverScout
    135. Wind ×2
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    138. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 13:49
    139. VeilVeil
    140. RoverScout
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. BeholderBeholder
    147. Wind ×5
    148. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Metal storage
    152. Wind
    153. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:27
    154. Wind ×2
    155. CrocodileCrocodile
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×7
    159. Converter
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. SeekerSeeker
    162. Wind ×3
    163. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    170. Wind
    171. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    172. CrocodileCrocodile
    173. Wind
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    175. Wind
    176. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    177. Wind
    178. Con turret
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×5
    181. Con turret
    182. BeamerBeamer
    183. SeekerSeeker
    184. Wind ×3
    185. CrocodileCrocodile
    186. BeamerBeamer
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. Con turret
    190. BeamerBeamer
    191. SeekerSeeker
    192. Wind
    193. CrocodileCrocodile
    194. Wind
    195. BeamerBeamer
    196. Converter
    197. SeekerSeeker
    198. Wind
    199. CrocodileCrocodile
    200. Wind ×2
    201. SeekerSeeker
    202. Converter
    203. CrocodileCrocodile

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
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

Leohvm

52.1 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1524 metal received · 29907 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=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

Played most by

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