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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 · 22 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Energy storage
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 199 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. OverwatchOverwatch
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. GauntletGauntletdone 8:36
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Mex
    35. TickTick ×3
    36. Converter
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Con turret
    41. TickTick
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08 · typical 8:53
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind ×8
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Con turret ×2
    94. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Con turret
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind ×2
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. Wind
    106. Con turret
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. Wind ×3
    109. BeamerBeamer
    110. Converter
    111. Con turret
    112. Converter ×2
    113. Con turret
    114. BeamerBeamer
    115. Con turret ×2
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Con turret ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. BeamerBeamer
    120. Wind ×3
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. BeamerBeamer
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Con turret ×2
    134. Converter ×2
    135. Wind
    136. BeamerBeamer
    137. Con turret
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×4
    140. BeamerBeamer
    141. Wind
    142. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:16
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. BlinkScout plane
    146. Wind ×2
    147. BlinkScout plane
    148. Wind
    149. BeamerBeamer
    150. Converter ×2
    151. BlinkScout plane
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. BlinkScout plane
    155. Wind ×2
    156. BlinkScout plane
    157. Wind ×3
    158. BlinkScout plane
    159. Wind ×3
    160. BeamerBeamer
    161. BlinkScout plane
    162. Wind ×5
    163. BlinkScout plane
    164. Wind ×2
    165. BlinkScout plane
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Converter
    169. BlinkScout plane
    170. Wind
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. BlinkScout plane
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. BlinkScout plane
    177. Wind
    178. BeamerBeamer
    179. Wind ×2
    180. BlinkScout plane
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×2
    184. BlinkScout plane
    185. Wind ×2
    186. BlinkScout plane
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. BlinkScout plane
    190. Wind
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. BlinkScout plane
    194. Wind ×3
    195. BeamerBeamer
    196. Wind
    197. Converter
    198. BlinkScout plane
    199. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

41.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 33970 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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