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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:54 · typical 0:48
  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 · 30 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. RoverScout ×4
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. StoutStout
    20. JanusJanus
    21. SentrySentry
    22. JanusJanus
    23. ShellshockerArty
    24. Mex
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. SentrySentry
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. StoutStout
    29. SentrySentry
    30. JanusJanus
  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 · 93 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. JanusJanus
    3. SentrySentry
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. ShellshockerArty
    6. StoutStout
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. StoutStout
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. StoutStout
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. StoutStout
    17. Wind
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. StoutStout
    27. Wind
    28. NettleNettle
    29. Wind
    30. JanusJanus
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. SentrySentry
    35. WhistlerMissile truck
    36. StoutStout ×3
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ShellshockerArty
    40. Wind
    41. ShellshockerArty
    42. Wind
    43. OverwatchOverwatch
    44. ShellshockerArty
    45. Wind
    46. JanusJanus
    47. Wind
    48. WhistlerMissile truck
    49. Wind ×2
    50. StoutStout
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:22 · typical 8:54
    52. Wind
    53. ShellshockerArty
    54. Wind
    55. OverwatchOverwatch
    56. WhistlerMissile truck
    57. Wind
    58. JanusJanus
    59. Wind ×2
    60. OverwatchOverwatch
    61. Wind
    62. StoutStout
    63. Wind ×2
    64. StoutStout
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Con turret ×3
    69. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:26
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. OverwatchOverwatch
    74. MauserMauser
    75. BeamerBeamer ×2
    76. MauserMauser
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. MauserMauser
    79. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    80. MauserMauser
    81. UmbraJammer
    82. Con turret
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. ProphetRadar vehicle
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. MauserMauser
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    92. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    93. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lincrono's (39 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

Lincrono

38.7 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
168 metal received · 12753 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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