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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 · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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 0:35–8:13

    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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 40 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (40%) · 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 · 84 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind ×6
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind ×4
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:07 · typical 8:53
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. OverwatchOverwatch
    50. Wind
    51. LazarusLazarus ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind ×2
    55. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    60. MaceMace
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. LazarusLazarus ×2
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. CenturionCenturion ×5
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. Wind
    75. BeamerBeamer
    76. Pit BullPit Bull
    77. Wind
    78. BeamerBeamer ×2
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Wind
    83. ChainsawChainsaw
    84. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (35 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.3 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
994 metal received · 6319 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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