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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up immediately, units trickle to the coast and middle, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00 as the eco transition.

#eco · 1709 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2004 · 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 1709 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:56

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 114 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:49 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind ×2
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    12. Mex
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Mex
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    21. SentrySentry
    22. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    23. Mex
    24. JanusJanus
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. SentrySentry
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. JanusJanus
    29. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    30. JanusJanus
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    33. Energy storage
    34. Metal storage
    35. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    36. Mex
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Converter
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Mex
    45. Converter
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. SentrySentry
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Metal storage
    69. Wind
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×4
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:14 · typical 9:00
    83. Wind ×5
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×3
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Mex
    105. Wind ×2
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind ×4
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind ×4
    114. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:28 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · con vehicle (32%) · janus (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:54
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×4
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Metal storage
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×9
    19. Wind ×2
    20. TickTick ×9
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:55
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×4
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×4
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (31 OS, 10/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:23 · in 64% 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

2004 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135109
4:002700522333
5:0038471126783
6:00503519371427
7:00625027262302
8:00753535483173
9:00897543324071
10:001055050154810
11:001238455405547
12:001453759986404
13:001688964946999
14:001926072177829
15:002185578738701
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

DrSmack

31.3 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 27093 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1341
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1292
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1575

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