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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1819 distinct matches · 268 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2120 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 7:43

  1. Open mex and wind, drop Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately.
  2. Pump Blitz, Rocketeer and Pawn to the coast to stop leaks first.
  3. Add Centurion and Janus once first units are moving up.
  4. Form units into a line pushing toward middle as numbers grow.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transition kicks in.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1819 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. JanusJanus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Mex
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. JanusJanus
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. BlitzBlitz ×3
    26. ShellshockerArty
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. Wind
    30. ShellshockerArty
    31. Wind ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 101 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. Wind
    3. OverwatchOverwatch
    4. Con turret
    5. ShellshockerArty
    6. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ShellshockerArty
    9. Wind ×3
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. OverwatchOverwatch
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. StoutStout
    18. Wind
    19. BeamerBeamer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. StoutStout
    22. OverwatchOverwatch
    23. Wind
    24. ShellshockerArty
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. Wind
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Energy storage
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Energy storage
    33. StoutStout
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:24
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Converter
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    69. StoutStout
    70. RoverScout
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. RoverScout
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. RoverScout
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. RoverScout
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. RoverScout
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. RoverScout
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    85. RoverScout
    86. OverwatchOverwatch
    87. RoverScout
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. RoverScout
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. RoverScout ×2
    92. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    93. RoverScout
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. RoverScout ×10
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. RoverScout ×9
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. RoverScout ×4
    100. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    101. RoverScout ×9

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pentry's (35 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · in 65% 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

2120 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503119191420
7:00625927142290
8:00754435453155
9:00898843244049
10:001056950074780
11:001240355265547
12:001453759766399
13:001690964667001
14:001928672057853
15:002196378758731
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than Suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00 while losing less of it.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22627 by 15:00, well above Suicide front's 20142.
  • + Own metal lost is 8944 by 15:00, lower than enemy metal destroyed ratio of Suicide front.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:43, showing exposure despite the safer position.
  • − Blitz dominates army share at 25%, leaving fewer Centurion for anti-swarm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Pentry

34.8 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
128 metal received · 52475 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1428
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:17 · n=1362
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1660

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