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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 · 95 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×5
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus
    15. SentrySentry
    16. JanusJanus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. JanusJanus
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Mex
    21. ShellshockerArty ×5
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. JanusJanus ×3
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. SentrySentry
    28. JanusJanus
    29. Wind
    30. JanusJanus
    31. Wind
    32. JanusJanus
    33. Wind
    34. JanusJanus
    35. Mex
    36. JanusJanus
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:16 · typical 8:53
    38. Wind
    39. JanusJanus
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz ×2
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Mex
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz ×3
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz ×2
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz ×3
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Con turret
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Con turret
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Wind
    76. SentrySentry
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. Mex
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:04 · 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

  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 · 62 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind ×2
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. Energy storage
    21. TickTick
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. TickTick
    24. Energy storage
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. TickTick
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. TickTick
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. TickTick
    42. BlitzBlitz ×2
    43. TickTick
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. TickTick
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. TickTick
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. TickTick
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. TickTick
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. TickTick
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. TickTick
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. BlitzBlitz ×6
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. BlitzBlitz ×5
    61. LazarusLazarus
    62. BlitzBlitz ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (46 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

xabre

45.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
115 metal received · 42244 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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