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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, transitioning into the usual Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus mix to contest middle and hold the wider gap.

#eco · 1060 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1210 · 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 1060 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 0:35–8:31

    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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 39 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. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. SentrySentry
  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 · 264 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. Energy storage
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    9. Energy storage
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    12. Energy storage
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Con turret
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Converter
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:03 · typical 8:53
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Wind
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:52
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. PawnPawn ×3
    44. TickTick
    45. Converter
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. PawnPawn ×3
    48. TickTick
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Converter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Mex
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Wind ×2
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind
    101. Mex
    102. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. Con turret
    107. PawnPawn
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Con turret
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Converter
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. SentrySentry
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:55
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. SentrySentry
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    137. Wind ×3
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Converter
    142. SentrySentry
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind ×2
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. Construction BotCon bot
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind ×2
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. Wind
    156. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    157. PawnPawn ×3
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. SentrySentry
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn ×2
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. TickTick
    172. Construction BotCon bot
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Con turret
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Wind ×2
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind ×2
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind ×3
    188. Con turret
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind ×2
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:31
    195. PawnPawn
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. PawnPawn ×3
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind ×2
    200. PawnPawn ×4
    201. Wind
    202. PawnPawn
    203. LazarusLazarus
    204. Wind ×2
    205. TickTick
    206. PawnPawn
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. PawnPawn
    210. Wind ×2
    211. TickTick
    212. PawnPawn
    213. TickTick
    214. Converter
    215. TickTick
    216. Wind
    217. TickTick
    218. PawnPawn ×2
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick
    221. PawnPawn
    222. TickTick
    223. Wind
    224. PawnPawn
    225. TickTick
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn
    228. TickTick
    229. LazarusLazarus
    230. TickTick
    231. Wind
    232. PawnPawn
    233. TickTick
    234. PawnPawn
    235. TickTick
    236. Wind
    237. PawnPawn
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick ×2
    240. PawnPawn ×2
    241. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:52 · typical 0:48
    242. TickTick
    243. PawnPawn ×2
    244. TickTick
    245. PawnPawn
    246. TickTick
    247. LazarusLazarus
    248. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    249. PawnPawn
    250. TickTick
    251. PawnPawn ×2
    252. TickTick ×2
    253. PawnPawn ×2
    254. Energy storage
    255. TickTick
    256. Converter
    257. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    258. PawnPawn ×2
    259. TickTick
    260. Wind
    261. PawnPawn
    262. LazarusLazarus
    263. TickTick
    264. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1210 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002712541333
5:0038591200817
6:00506521051522
7:00631329672419
8:00763738143332
9:00908346244274
10:001069652935006
11:001262557855683
12:001484563526488
13:001744469777174
14:002017276238083
15:002273283908949
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

51.6 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
527 metal received · 90560 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:31 · n=768
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=970

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