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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Mex
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Wind
    40. 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 · 81 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Energy storage
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. NettleNettle
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Mex
    24. PawnPawn
    25. NettleNettle
    26. PawnPawn ×4
    27. NettleNettle
    28. PawnPawn
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. PawnPawn
    31. CenturionCenturion ×2
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced solar
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×3
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×3
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×5
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Con turret
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×4
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×4
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Mex
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    65. Mex
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. ThistleThistle
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. ThistleThistle
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Advanced solar
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn

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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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 ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
9 metal received · 3066 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=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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