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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 · 1142 distinct matches · 144 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1301 · 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 1142 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 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×4
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. PawnPawn
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
  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 · 125 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Wind ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind ×2
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Converter
    21. PawnPawn
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Converter
    26. Mex
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. TickTick
    39. SentrySentry
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind ×2
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Mex
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind ×2
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×11
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:09 · typical 8:53
    64. Wind ×4
    65. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:27
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×5
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×5
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:16
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Con turret
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:36
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:47
    98. JunoJuno
    99. TickTick ×13
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. TickTick ×45
    102. Advanced solar
    103. TickTick ×5
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    105. TickTick ×31
    106. Advanced solar
    107. TickTick ×21
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    109. TickTick ×17
    110. Advanced solar
    111. TickTick ×7
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. TickTick ×8
    118. LazarusLazarus
    119. TickTick ×16
    120. Advanced solar
    121. TickTick ×8
    122. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    123. TickTick ×4
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (46 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1301 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001621143105
4:002705545333
5:0038531204813
6:00505920911516
7:00630629482450
8:00763037923332
9:00907346184251
10:001067952784971
11:001260857825641
12:001483463526481
13:001741369637190
14:002016875948093
15:002270483578972
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

AinzIsHere

45.9 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

36 received units · includes a constructor
368 metal received · 24072 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=823
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=919
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1039

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