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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 · 1796 distinct matches · 263 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2095 · 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 1796 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 0:33–0:58

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 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 · 38 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick ×4
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Mex
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    36. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    38. Wind
  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 · 108 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind ×3
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×5
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. MaceMace
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. PawnPawn
    39. MaceMace
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. MaceMace
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Mex
    52. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. SentrySentry
    57. MaceMace
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. SentrySentry
    63. PawnPawn
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. RocketeerRocketeer
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. MaceMace
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. RocketeerRocketeer
    85. PawnPawn ×3
    86. AggravatorAggravator
    87. PawnPawn ×5
    88. RocketeerRocketeer
    89. MaceMace
    90. RocketeerRocketeer
    91. PawnPawn ×6
    92. Mex
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. RocketeerRocketeer
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Mex
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    101. PawnPawn ×5
    102. RocketeerRocketeer
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Mex
    105. RocketeerRocketeer
    106. PawnPawn ×5
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (35 OS, 20/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:24 · in 64% 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

2095 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002699522333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419191415
7:00626327142288
8:00754935453155
9:00899743254047
10:001057750144770
11:001240955315544
12:001454659976391
13:001692364836985
14:001928772557830
15:002195778948702
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

[EMPR]mcdumper4593

34.6 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
467 metal received · 17988 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:58 · n=1409
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1348
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1641

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