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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 · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · 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 1137 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
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    3. Mex
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. WhistlerMissile truck ×7
  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 · 137 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    2. Wind
    3. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    4. Wind
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind
    7. WhistlerMissile truck
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Wind
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. Wind
    13. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×2
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:07 · typical 8:53
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind ×5
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×3
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind ×3
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz ×2
    48. Wind ×2
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Energy storage
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Wind ×8
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. BlitzBlitz ×3
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Con turret
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind ×3
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×2
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind ×3
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind ×3
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind ×3
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:19
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz ×2
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz ×2
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz ×2
    130. Wind ×2
    131. BlitzBlitz ×3
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
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

TrapCaT

43.4 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
222 metal received · 6789 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=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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