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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant, transitioning into the role's usual Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus mix to defend the coast and hold the line near middle.

#eco · 1071 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1223 · 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 1071 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 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. Mex
    15. TickTick
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    18. LazarusLazarus ×2
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    21. Mex
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    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 · 108 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×3
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Metal storage
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:54
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. OspreyHeavy transport
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. Energy storage
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×2
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 8:54
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. Wind
    71. GauntletGauntletdone 10:52
    72. StorkLight transportfor Suicide front
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×3
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

1223 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625140105
4:002711542333
5:0038541200816
6:00506221001523
7:00631129582436
8:00763638073332
9:00907346184274
10:001068852855004
11:001262257825682
12:001483463476488
13:001742569637182
14:002016875828079
15:002272383738952
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

Xad

42.5 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
214 metal received · 13757 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=775
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=864
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=980

Played most by

Hummell104games of this buildWashedGamuer95games of this buildLeohvm86games of this buildXad67games of this buildImmort42games of this build
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