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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 213 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Converter
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×3
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Con turret
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Converter
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Converter
    55. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:13
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Converter
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. RocketeerRocketeer
    77. Wind ×2
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. RocketeerRocketeer
    84. Wind ×2
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:18
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. RocketeerRocketeer
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. Wind ×2
    99. RocketeerRocketeer
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. RocketeerRocketeer
    104. Wind
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. RocketeerRocketeer
    115. BeamerBeamer
    116. Wind ×2
    117. RocketeerRocketeer
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. RocketeerRocketeer
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Wind
    131. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    132. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:55 · typical 0:47
    133. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    134. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    135. Wind ×2
    136. BeamerBeamer
    137. Wind
    138. SentrySentry
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×2
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. SentrySentry
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. BeamerBeamer
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind ×2
    151. SentrySentry
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. SentrySentry
    158. Converter
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Wind ×2
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Mex
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    166. Wind ×3
    167. Converter
    168. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    169. Wind ×2
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind ×2
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind
    176. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:12
    177. Wind
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind ×5
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. Wind
    183. Con turret
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:25
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. Wind
    188. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    189. Wind
    190. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    191. Wind
    192. BlitzBlitz ×3
    193. Wind
    194. BlitzBlitz ×2
    195. Wind
    196. BlitzBlitz ×2
    197. Wind
    198. BlitzBlitz ×4
    199. Con turret
    200. Wind
    201. BlitzBlitz ×4
    202. Wind
    203. BlitzBlitz ×4
    204. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:38
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. Con turret ×2
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. PawnPawn
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. LazarusLazarus
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. LazarusLazarus
    213. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slump's (38 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

Slump

37.9 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 107064 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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