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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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. Wind
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Mex
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Con turret
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 239 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    4. OverwatchOverwatch
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Solar
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Solar ×2
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:14 · typical 8:54
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. GauntletGauntletdone 8:54
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Con turret
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×2
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind ×2
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Mex
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind ×2
    58. TickTick ×4
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind ×2
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×3
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Energy storage
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind
    84. Energy storage
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Wind
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. TickTick
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. TickTick
    95. Energy storage
    96. Wind
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. TickTick
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    102. TickTick
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. Wind
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. TickTick
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. BeamerBeamer
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Energy storage
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    119. TickTick
    120. BeamerBeamer
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×3
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    128. TickTick
    129. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:58 · typical 0:48
    130. BeamerBeamer
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Con turret ×2
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. Con turret
    138. TickTick ×3
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. TickTick
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. TickTick
    145. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. TickTick
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. TickTick
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. TickTick
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Con turret
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. TickTick
    169. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    170. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. TickTick
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. TickTick
    189. Con turret
    190. Wind
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. TickTick
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Wind
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. PawnPawn
    200. Wind
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. PawnPawn
    203. Con turret
    204. Wind
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Wind
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. PawnPawn
    210. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    211. Wind
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. PawnPawn
    214. Wind
    215. Con turret
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Wind
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. PawnPawn
    221. Wind
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Wind
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. PawnPawn
    227. Wind
    228. BlitzBlitz
    229. PawnPawn
    230. Wind
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. PawnPawn
    233. Wind
    234. BlitzBlitz
    235. PawnPawn
    236. Wind
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. PawnPawn
    239. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FFS]WatchBehind's (41 OS, 04/08/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

[FFS]WatchBehind

40.7 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
324 metal received · 52778 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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