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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 47 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind ×2
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Con turret
    44. Energy storage
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Converter
    47. 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 · 179 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Converter
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Converter
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Converter
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Converter
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Converter
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Wind
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind ×9
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. Converter ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×7
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:15 · typical 8:53
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Mex
    102. Wind
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind ×4
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Wind ×4
    113. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:38 · typical 0:47
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Wind ×2
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz ×2
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:28
    124. Con turret
    125. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Con turret
    136. Wind ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz ×4
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz ×3
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz ×5
    148. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind ×3
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind ×2
    159. BlitzBlitz ×2
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind ×2
    167. BlitzBlitz ×2
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz ×2
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz ×2
    176. Wind ×2
    177. BlitzBlitz ×2
    178. Wind ×3
    179. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

[crd]sisa

45.1 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
50 metal received · 30327 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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