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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    30. CenturionCenturion ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. 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 (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 · 228 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Con turret
    24. Metal storage
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×4
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Energy storage
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×2
    42. PawnPawn ×4
    43. Wind ×2
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×2
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:00 · typical 8:53
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind ×7
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter ×2
    77. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:21
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter ×2
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Converter
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Converter
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Con turret
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind ×2
    118. TickTick ×4
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×6
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×6
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×6
    131. Wind
    132. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    137. TickTick
    138. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. TickTick
    142. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    146. TickTick
    147. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:26
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Con turret
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind ×2
    154. LazarusLazarus
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind
    157. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    158. Wind
    159. LazarusLazarus
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×2
    163. TickTick
    164. FerretFerret
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick
    170. Converter
    171. TickTick
    172. Converter
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick
    176. Converter
    177. TickTick
    178. Converter
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. TickTick
    183. Converter
    184. Con turret
    185. TickTick
    186. Converter
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    189. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    190. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    191. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    192. TickTick ×3
    193. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    194. TickTick
    195. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    196. TickTick
    197. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    198. TickTick ×3
    199. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    200. TickTick ×3
    201. Construction BotCon bot
    202. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    203. TickTick ×3
    204. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    205. TickTick
    206. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    207. TickTick
    208. Con turret
    209. TickTick
    210. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    211. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    212. Con turret
    213. TickTick
    214. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    215. Con turret
    216. TickTick ×2
    217. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    218. TickTick
    219. Con turret
    220. TickTick
    221. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    222. Con turret
    223. TickTick
    224. Wind
    225. Con turret
    226. TickTick
    227. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    228. Con turret

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

Blover

38.5 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
527 metal received · 31249 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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