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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  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

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. JanusJanus
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. JanusJanus
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. Wind
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Geo
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×4
  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 · 125 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×3
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:08 · typical 8:53
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz ×3
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. BlitzBlitz ×4
    17. Energy storage
    18. BlitzBlitz ×6
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Con turret
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Con turret
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind ×8
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind ×4
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind ×6
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Wind ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. StoutStout
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. StoutStout
    44. Wind
    45. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    46. Wind
    47. StoutStout
    48. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    49. Wind
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    51. Wind
    52. StoutStout
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    56. StoutStout
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×2
    59. StoutStout
    60. Wind
    61. StoutStout
    62. Wind
    63. StoutStout
    64. Wind ×2
    65. StoutStout
    66. Wind
    67. StoutStout
    68. Wind ×2
    69. StoutStout
    70. Wind ×2
    71. StoutStout ×2
    72. Wind
    73. VeilVeil
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. StoutStout
    76. Con turret
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. StoutStout
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    82. StoutStout
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. StoutStout
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. StoutStout
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. FerretFerret
    93. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    94. StoutStout
    95. Wind
    96. StoutStout
    97. Wind
    98. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    99. StoutStout
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. Wind
    102. StoutStout
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    104. StoutStout
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. StoutStout
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret
    110. StoutStout
    111. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:20
    112. Wind
    113. StoutStout ×2
    114. Wind
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. StoutStout ×3
    117. BeamerBeamer ×2
    118. StoutStout ×2
    119. Wind
    120. StoutStout
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. StoutStout ×2
    123. Twilight
    124. Wind
    125. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

Leohvm

52.1 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
320 metal received · 17911 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

Played most by

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