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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 · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1137 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 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    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 (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Wind
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Wind
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. Wind
    29. ShellshockerArty ×2
    30. Wind
  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 (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 121 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty ×2
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. Wind
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Wind
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. Con turret
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Mex
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Con turret
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:46
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×12
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. BlitzBlitz ×7
    85. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:18
    86. BlitzBlitz ×12
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. BlitzBlitz ×15
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×9
    115. Wind
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. BlitzBlitz ×6
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz ×7
    120. SentrySentry
    121. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

TrapCaT

43.4 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
33 metal received · 8214 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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