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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1815 distinct matches · 266 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2116 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 7:43

  1. Open mex and wind, drop Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately.
  2. Pump Blitz, Rocketeer and Pawn to the coast to stop leaks first.
  3. Add Centurion and Janus once first units are moving up.
  4. Form units into a line pushing toward middle as numbers grow.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transition kicks in.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1815 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 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. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 205 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Con turret
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Con turret
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Energy storage
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. TickTick
    20. Energy storage
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Energy storage
    23. CrossbowCrossbow
    24. Converter
    25. CrossbowCrossbow
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Energy storage
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Converter
    30. PawnPawn ×6
    31. Converter
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:50 · typical 9:01
    33. Con turret
    34. Mex
    35. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    36. Converter
    37. SentrySentry ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Converter ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:02
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Converter
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. TickTick
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn ×3
    50. TickTick
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:30
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×4
    115. LazarusLazarus
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind ×2
    136. TickTick
    137. Construction BotCon bot
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×3
    143. Wind ×2
    144. PawnPawn
    145. LazarusLazarus
    146. PawnPawn
    147. TickTick
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Construction BotCon bot
    151. PawnPawn ×4
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×3
    154. LazarusLazarus
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. TickTick
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Construction BotCon bot
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn ×5
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Construction BotCon bot
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn ×3
    169. Converter
    170. PawnPawn ×3
    171. LazarusLazarus
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Construction BotCon bot
    176. PawnPawn ×6
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn
    180. TickTick
    181. Construction BotCon bot
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. Pit BullPit Bull
    184. PawnPawn ×4
    185. LazarusLazarus
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn
    188. TickTick
    189. PawnPawn
    190. Construction BotCon bot
    191. PawnPawn ×2
    192. Converter
    193. PawnPawn ×3
    194. Wind
    195. LazarusLazarus
    196. PawnPawn
    197. TickTick
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Construction BotCon bot
    200. PawnPawn ×3
    201. Wind
    202. PawnPawn ×2
    203. LazarusLazarus
    204. Con turret
    205. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · in 65% 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

2116 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002700521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419201420
7:00626327202288
8:00754735473158
9:00899043284052
10:001057050134780
11:001240355285547
12:001453759826399
13:001690964706999
14:001928672177850
15:002196378778727
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than Suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00 while losing less of it.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22627 by 15:00, well above Suicide front's 20142.
  • + Own metal lost is 8944 by 15:00, lower than enemy metal destroyed ratio of Suicide front.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:43, showing exposure despite the safer position.
  • − Blitz dominates army share at 25%, leaving fewer Centurion for anti-swarm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]_Doni

51.3 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
237 metal received · 103865 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1425
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:16 · n=1359
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1658

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