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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1007 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 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. 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 (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 276 steps
    1. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:57 · typical 8:54
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Energy storage
    24. TickTick
    25. Energy storage
    26. TickTick ×4
    27. Energy storage
    28. TickTick
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. SentrySentry
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. PawnPawn ×3
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. TickTick
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. SentrySentry
    60. PawnPawn ×3
    61. SentrySentry
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. SentrySentry
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. TickTick
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Con turret
    77. PawnPawn
    78. SentrySentry
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. TickTick
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:49
    95. PawnPawn ×3
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. PawnPawn
    100. TickTick
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn ×4
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. TickTick
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Wind ×2
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind ×2
    127. PawnPawn ×4
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. TickTick
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. Wind ×2
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Wind ×3
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Pit BullPit Bull
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. Construction BotCon bot
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind ×2
    160. PawnPawn
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×2
    164. Converter
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn ×2
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. PawnPawn ×4
    176. TickTick
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. Converter
    179. PawnPawn ×2
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. TickTick
    183. PawnPawn ×4
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Converter
    187. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick
    191. PawnPawn ×4
    192. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    193. Converter
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Wind
    196. Converter
    197. TickTick
    198. PawnPawn ×2
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. PawnPawn ×4
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick
    204. PawnPawn
    205. Wind
    206. LazarusLazarus
    207. Converter
    208. PawnPawn ×2
    209. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    210. PawnPawn ×2
    211. Converter
    212. PawnPawn ×2
    213. Wind
    214. Converter
    215. Wind
    216. Converter
    217. TickTick
    218. PawnPawn
    219. LazarusLazarus
    220. PawnPawn
    221. Wind
    222. PawnPawn ×2
    223. Converter
    224. PawnPawn ×4
    225. TickTick
    226. PawnPawn
    227. LazarusLazarus
    228. Wind ×2
    229. PawnPawn
    230. Converter
    231. PawnPawn ×5
    232. Wind
    233. PawnPawn
    234. TickTick
    235. Wind
    236. PawnPawn
    237. LazarusLazarus
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Converter
    240. Wind
    241. PawnPawn ×6
    242. TickTick
    243. PawnPawn
    244. LazarusLazarus
    245. Converter
    246. PawnPawn ×6
    247. Wind
    248. PawnPawn
    249. TickTick
    250. PawnPawn
    251. LazarusLazarus
    252. Converter
    253. PawnPawn
    254. Wind
    255. PawnPawn ×5
    256. Wind
    257. PawnPawn
    258. TickTick
    259. PawnPawn
    260. LazarusLazarus
    261. Con turret
    262. PawnPawn
    263. Converter
    264. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    265. PawnPawn ×2
    266. Wind
    267. Con turret
    268. PawnPawn ×3
    269. TickTick
    270. Wind
    271. LazarusLazarus
    272. PawnPawn
    273. Converter
    274. PawnPawn
    275. Wind
    276. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]_Doni

52.0 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
603 metal received · 40815 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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