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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 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex ×3
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. MaceMace
    14. Mex ×2
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. MaceMace
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. 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: 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 · 118 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Con turret
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:28 · typical 8:53
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Energy storage
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind ×4
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×2
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×5
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×3
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Converter
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Con turret
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Mex
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Mex
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. SentrySentry
    74. CenturionCenturion
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:49 · typical 0:47
    78. CenturionCenturion
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. SentrySentry
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. CenturionCenturion
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Converter
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Converter
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Converter
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Converter
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Converter
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Converter
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:40
    112. Converter
    113. Con turret
    114. Converter
    115. Con turret
    116. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    117. Con turret
    118. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (47 OS, 09/10/2026); 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

Erilium

46.6 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

34 received units · includes a constructor
165 metal received · 79816 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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