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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard economy-first opening, building Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant immediately then teching up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army to hold and push middle.

#eco · 1068 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1219 · 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 1068 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 ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:42 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×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 · 196 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×5
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×4
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:33 · typical 8:53
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. SentrySentry
    21. TickTick
    22. PawnPawn
    23. TickTick
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. TickTick
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. PawnPawn
    32. TickTick
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Pit BullPit Bull
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. PawnPawn
    38. SentrySentry
    39. TickTick
    40. PawnPawn
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Con turret
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. TickTick
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Con turret
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Con turret
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Energy storage
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Energy storage
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. PawnPawn
    93. TickTick
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. TickTick
    102. PawnPawn
    103. TickTick
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. PawnPawn
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. PawnPawn
    112. TickTick
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:19
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. TickTick
    121. PawnPawn
    122. TickTick
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. TickTick
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind ×3
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Converter
    135. TickTick
    136. Converter
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Converter
    145. TickTick
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick
    152. PawnPawn
    153. TickTick
    154. Converter
    155. PawnPawn
    156. TickTick
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Converter
    159. TickTick
    160. PawnPawn
    161. TickTick
    162. Converter
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Pit BullPit Bull
    167. Converter
    168. TickTick
    169. PawnPawn
    170. TickTick
    171. Converter
    172. PawnPawn
    173. TickTick
    174. Converter
    175. PawnPawn
    176. TickTick
    177. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick
    181. PawnPawn
    182. TickTick
    183. Converter
    184. PawnPawn
    185. TickTick
    186. PawnPawn
    187. TickTick
    188. Converter
    189. PawnPawn
    190. TickTick
    191. PawnPawn
    192. Converter
    193. TickTick
    194. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:48
    195. PawnPawn
    196. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is s0uthy's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 7:17 · in 68% 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

1219 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711541333
5:0038541202816
6:00506221111522
7:00631129702424
8:00763838123332
9:00907646244273
10:001068852885001
11:001262257865677
12:001483463526488
13:001742569817166
14:002017675948075
15:002274183748952
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

s0uthy

37.2 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
214 metal received · 33848 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=773
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=861
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=976

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