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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. TickTick
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn ×4
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. PawnPawn
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×5
  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 · 86 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. TickTick ×30
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Converter
    6. TickTick
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×3
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind ×3
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:13
    59. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    60. Wind
    61. SmugglerJammer bot
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    65. Wind
    66. Energy storage
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:31 · typical 8:53
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Metal storage
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. ButlerButler ×2
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. ButlerButler ×2
    80. WelderWelder
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. WelderWelder
    84. BeamerBeamer ×2
    85. WelderWelder
    86. ButlerButler ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (38 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

El_Turco

38.3 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units
562 metal received · 61879 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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