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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1796 distinct matches · 263 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2095 · 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 1796 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 0:33–0:58

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Con turret
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. MaceMace ×3
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace ×2
    31. 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 · 134 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:10 · typical 0:47
    10. Wind
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. Con turret
    18. ShellshockerArty
    19. Wind
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. ShellshockerArty
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Converter
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz ×2
    55. Wind
    56. JanusJanus
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. JanusJanus
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    66. Wind
    67. JanusJanus
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:00 · typical 9:01
    73. Wind ×2
    74. JanusJanus
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. JanusJanus
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    80. WhistlerMissile truck
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. WhistlerMissile truck
    83. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. WhistlerMissile truck
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Con turret
    97. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    98. Con turret
    99. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    100. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    101. Con turret
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Con turret
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. VeilVeil
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:22
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:42
    110. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    111. Wind
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. Wind
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind ×3
    120. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    121. Wind ×5
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Con turret
    125. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Energy storage
    130. Wind
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PetraTetra's (31 OS, 15/10/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

2095 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002699522333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419191415
7:00626327142288
8:00754935453155
9:00899743254047
10:001057750144770
11:001240955315544
12:001454659976391
13:001692364836985
14:001928772557830
15:002195778948702
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

PetraTetra

31.1 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1029 metal received · 23336 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:58 · n=1409
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1348
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1641

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