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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
    2. Wind
    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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout ×4
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. JanusJanus ×2
    7. Mex
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Mex
    10. BlitzBlitz ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. StoutStout
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Mex
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    29. SentrySentry
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. SentrySentry
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
  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 · 194 steps
    1. Wind
    2. WhistlerMissile truck
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry ×2
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:51 · typical 8:53
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Wind
    38. RoverScout ×2
    39. Wind
    40. RoverScout
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout
    43. Wind
    44. RoverScout
    45. SentrySentry
    46. RoverScout
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. RoverScout
    50. Wind ×2
    51. RoverScout
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Wind
    54. RoverScout ×3
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. RoverScout ×2
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. RoverScout
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. RoverScout
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. RoverScout
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. RoverScout
    71. Wind
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. RoverScout
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. RoverScout
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. RoverScout
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Energy storage
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. RoverScout
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. RoverScout ×2
    88. SentrySentry
    89. RoverScout ×4
    90. Wind ×2
    91. RoverScout
    92. Windfor Suicide front
    93. RoverScout
    94. Windfor Suicide front
    95. RoverScout
    96. Wind
    97. RoverScout
    98. Wind
    99. RoverScout
    100. Windfor Suicide front
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Windfor Suicide front
    103. RoverScout
    104. Wind
    105. SentrySentry
    106. Wind
    107. RoverScout
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Windfor Suicide front
    110. RoverScout
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    112. Windfor Suicide front
    113. RoverScout
    114. Wind
    115. RoverScout
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. RoverScout
    118. Wind
    119. RoverScout
    120. Windfor Suicide front
    121. RoverScout
    122. Windfor Suicide front
    123. RoverScout
    124. Wind
    125. RoverScout
    126. Wind
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. RoverScout
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Windfor Suicide front
    131. RoverScout
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    133. Windfor Suicide front
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. RoverScout
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. Wind
    138. RoverScout
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    140. Wind
    141. RoverScout
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    143. Windfor Suicide front
    144. RoverScout
    145. Windfor Suicide front
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. RoverScout
    148. Wind
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    150. RoverScout
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. Wind
    153. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:52
    154. RoverScout
    155. Windfor Suicide front
    156. RoverScout ×2
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    158. Windfor Suicide front
    159. RoverScout
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. RoverScout
    162. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    163. RoverScout
    164. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    165. Wind
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    167. RoverScout ×2
    168. Wind
    169. RoverScout ×2
    170. Wind
    171. RoverScout ×2
    172. Wind
    173. RoverScout ×2
    174. Wind
    175. RoverScout ×2
    176. Wind
    177. VeilVeil
    178. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind ×2
    181. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    182. Wind
    183. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    184. Wind
    185. Con turret
    186. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    187. Wind
    188. Con turret
    189. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    190. Wind
    191. RoverScout ×2
    192. Wind
    193. Con turret
    194. RoverScout ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (41 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

[BS]Hellzie

41.4 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
320 metal received · 21989 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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