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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 · 164 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×3
    7. Mex
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Wind
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Con turret
    36. BlitzBlitz ×5
    37. Con turret
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Energy storage
    40. BlitzBlitz ×8
    41. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz ×3
    48. GauntletGauntletdone 7:51
    49. Wind ×5
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. Wind ×2
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. BlitzBlitz ×3
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. Wind
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Converter
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. Mex
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Converter
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Converter
    107. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    108. Wind
    109. SentrySentry
    110. Converter
    111. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    112. Wind
    113. SentrySentry
    114. Converter
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. Converter
    117. SentrySentry
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. SentrySentry
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. SentrySentry
    128. BlitzBlitz ×3
    129. SentrySentry
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz ×2
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz ×3
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:38 · typical 8:53
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz ×2
    147. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. NettleNettle
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Mex
    155. NettleNettle
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Converter
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    164. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:33 · 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 (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Converter
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (44 OS, 07/10/2026); 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

EpicTyrannus

44.1 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
204 metal received · 15038 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

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