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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 · 1793 distinct matches · 263 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2092 · 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 1793 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×5
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 96 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind ×6
    13. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:28
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:44
    16. Energy storage
    17. SprinterSprinter
    18. Converter
    19. Energy storage
    20. Converter
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. NettleNettle
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. NettleNettle
    30. CompassRadar bot
    31. Wind ×2
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind ×3
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind ×2
    37. WelderWelder
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×2
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind ×2
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Mex
    46. Con turret
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind ×2
    49. NettleNettle
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Con turret
    53. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    54. NettleNettle
    55. Wind
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Wind
    58. NettleNettle
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Mex
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Wind
    73. NettleNettle ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. NettleNettle
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. WelderWelder
    78. Con turret
    79. NettleNettle
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. WelderWelder
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    85. NettleNettle ×2
    86. WelderWelder
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. NettleNettle
    89. WelderWelder
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    92. NettleNettle
    93. WelderWelder
    94. NettleNettle
    95. WelderWelder
    96. NettleNettle

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is csirkecomb's (30 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

2092 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471123782
6:00503419201419
7:00626327142288
8:00754735453155
9:00899743244047
10:001057550134770
11:001240855315537
12:001455259936390
13:001692964776980
14:001931272557829
15:002196378908701
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

csirkecomb

30.1 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

47 received units · includes a constructor
29 metal received · 47229 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=1407
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1346
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1638

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