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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. 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 · 182 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:58 · typical 8:53
    31. Wind ×3
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×8
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Wind
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Wind
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn ×4
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×2
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn ×2
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn ×2
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn ×4
    161. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    162. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:37
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Converter
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Converter
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (44 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 0:18 · 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

TrapCaT

43.7 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
504 metal received · 46857 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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