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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1008 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 0:35–8:32

    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 ×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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. TickTick
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
  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 (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 142 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn ×4
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 8:54
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn ×4
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×4
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×3
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×3
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:44
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×4
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×3
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×4
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×3
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×5
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×3
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×6
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Con turret
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Con turret
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. Con turret
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:44 · typical 0:48
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn ×3
    136. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    140. PawnPawn ×3
    141. VeilVeil
    142. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (49 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Naigel

49.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
174 metal received · 40581 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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