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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 · 1004 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1149 · 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 1004 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 · 115 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:48
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RoverScout
    10. Wind
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. JanusJanus
    23. SentrySentry
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. RoverScout
    30. JanusJanus ×2
    31. Wind
    32. JanusJanus
    33. Wind
    34. JanusJanus
    35. Wind
    36. JanusJanus
    37. Wind
    38. JanusJanus
    39. Wind
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    41. GroundhogGroundhog
    42. Wind
    43. GroundhogGroundhog
    44. NettleNettle
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    52. Medium MineMedium Mine
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Medium MineMedium Mine
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Medium MineMedium Mine
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Medium MineMedium Mine
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Medium MineMedium Mine
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Medium MineMedium Mine
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:16 · typical 8:54
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz ×2
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BlitzBlitz ×3
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz ×3
    100. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    101. Wind
    102. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Geo
    108. Energy storage
    109. Wind
    110. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    111. Wind
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    113. SentrySentry
    114. Con turret
    115. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:34 · 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 (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 · 98 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind
    25. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. PawnPawn
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. PawnPawn
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. PawnPawn
    49. BeamerBeamer
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:18
    55. Wind
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Wind
    58. BullBulldone 13:48
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    63. PawnPawn
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Medium MineMedium Mine
    66. SentrySentry
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Medium MineMedium Mine
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. SentrySentry
    73. BullBull
    74. PawnPawn
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. PawnPawn
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. PawnPawn
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. PawnPawn
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. PawnPawn
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. PawnPawn
    85. BullBull
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. PawnPawn
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. PawnPawn
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. PawnPawn
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. PawnPawn
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. PawnPawn
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. BullBull
    98. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [OLYMPUS]TOWNS's (38 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

1149 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507621121522
7:00632629862445
8:00764938713358
9:00908046884311
10:001069353415062
11:001262258285713
12:001483463856524
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483778967
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

[OLYMPUS]TOWNS

37.5 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1236 metal received · 22908 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=726
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=815
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=919

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