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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 · 1693 distinct matches · 245 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1987 · 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 1693 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 0:33–0:55

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. TickTick
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Mex
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. CenturionCenturion
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

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

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (37%) · Radar Tower (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 106 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Con turret
    11. SentrySentry
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. TickTick
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. NettleNettle
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind ×2
    47. NettleNettle
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    59. Wind
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Wind
    67. RocketeerRocketeer
    68. Wind
    69. Mex
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:39 · typical 9:01
    71. ThugThug
    72. RocketeerRocketeer
    73. Wind ×2
    74. ThugThug
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. Mex
    77. Wind
    78. Mex
    79. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    80. Mex
    81. TickTick
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. RocketeerRocketeer
    85. Wind
    86. ThugThug
    87. OverwatchOverwatch
    88. CenturionCenturion
    89. RocketeerRocketeer
    90. Wind
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. RocketeerRocketeer
    93. Wind
    94. RocketeerRocketeer
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    99. RocketeerRocketeer
    100. Con turret
    101. RocketeerRocketeer
    102. Con turret
    103. RocketeerRocketeer
    104. Con turret
    105. ArbalestArbalest
    106. RocketeerRocketeer ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heihallo's (31 OS, 12/08/2026); 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

1987 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519331427
7:00625327222302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343294069
10:001053550094807
11:001237255365546
12:001452759886402
13:001685764696999
14:001922071917826
15:002185478698687
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

heihallo

31.1 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 14982 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:55 · n=1326
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1559

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