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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard economy-first opening, building Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant immediately then teching up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army to hold and push middle.

#eco · 1067 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1218 · 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 1067 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. PawnPawn ×2
  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 · 223 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×6
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Wind ×3
    5. TickTick
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Mex
    16. TickTick
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. Energy storage
    30. TickTick
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:56 · typical 8:53
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. SentrySentry
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. BeholderBeholder
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. SentrySentry
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Mexfor Suicide front
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. RocketeerRocketeer
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. RocketeerRocketeer
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Mex
    92. TickTick
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. TickTick
    95. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    96. PawnPawn
    97. SentrySentry
    98. PawnPawn
    99. TickTick
    100. PawnPawn
    101. SentrySentry
    102. TickTick
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. PawnPawn
    106. TickTick
    107. PawnPawn
    108. TickTick
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. TickTick
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Con turret
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Con turret
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Con turret
    121. TickTick
    122. Converter
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick
    126. Converter
    127. PawnPawn
    128. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    129. TickTick
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Converter
    134. TickTick
    135. PawnPawn
    136. TickTick
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. TickTick
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. TickTick
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:25 · typical 0:48
    153. TickTick
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. TickTick
    156. PawnPawn
    157. SentrySentry
    158. TickTick
    159. PawnPawn
    160. TickTick
    161. Con turret
    162. TickTick
    163. SentrySentry
    164. Con turret
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Con turret
    167. TickTick
    168. PawnPawn
    169. TickTick
    170. Con turret
    171. PawnPawn
    172. StoutStout
    173. PawnPawn
    174. TickTick
    175. StoutStout
    176. PawnPawn
    177. StoutStout
    178. TickTick
    179. BeamerBeamer
    180. PawnPawn
    181. StoutStout
    182. TickTick ×2
    183. StoutStout
    184. PawnPawn
    185. BeamerBeamer
    186. StoutStout
    187. PawnPawn
    188. TickTick
    189. PawnPawn
    190. StoutStout
    191. TickTick
    192. BeamerBeamer
    193. PawnPawn
    194. StoutStout
    195. PawnPawn
    196. StoutStout
    197. TickTick
    198. PawnPawn
    199. StoutStout
    200. TickTick
    201. BeamerBeamer
    202. PawnPawn
    203. StoutStout
    204. TickTick ×2
    205. StoutStout
    206. PawnPawn ×2
    207. StoutStout
    208. BeamerBeamer
    209. TickTick
    210. StoutStout
    211. PawnPawn
    212. TickTick
    213. BeamerBeamer
    214. PawnPawn
    215. StoutStout
    216. PawnPawn
    217. Wind
    218. StoutStout
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick
    221. Wind
    222. StoutStout
    223. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is s0uthy's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1218 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711541333
5:0038551201817
6:00506221101523
7:00631129672430
8:00763738123332
9:00907846244274
10:001069152935002
11:001262357855680
12:001483963526488
13:001743369777174
14:002017276078077
15:002273283768960
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

s0uthy

37.2 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
2168 metal received · 30436 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=773
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=860
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=975

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