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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 · 1793 distinct matches · 263 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2092 · 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 1793 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 0:33–0:58

    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 0:45 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 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 · 35 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Solar
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Mex
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Con turret
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 136 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. SentrySentry
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. PawnPawn
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. PawnPawn
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. PawnPawn
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. ThugThug
    58. PawnPawn
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. PawnPawn ×5
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. PawnPawn
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Energy storage
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. ThugThug
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Energy storage
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Mex
    71. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    72. Wind
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:56 · typical 9:01
    75. Wind ×2
    76. CenturionCenturion
    77. Wind
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. Wind ×2
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind ×4
    82. TickTick
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Con turret
    86. TickTick ×8
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. Con turret
    90. TickTick ×10
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. TickTick ×6
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. TickTick ×8
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. TickTick ×4
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick ×4
    100. Con turret
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Con turret
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Con turret
    107. TickTick
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick ×4
    112. OverwatchOverwatch
    113. TickTick
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. TickTick ×17
    116. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:22
    117. TickTick ×9
    118. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:56
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Pit BullPit Bull
    121. TickTick
    122. LazarusLazarus
    123. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    124. LazarusLazarus
    125. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    126. TickTick ×12
    127. Pit BullPit Bull
    128. TickTick ×11
    129. SentrySentry
    130. TickTick
    131. Metal storage
    132. TickTick
    133. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    134. TickTick
    135. Con turret
    136. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (34 OS, 15/08/2026); 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 7:24 · in 64% 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

2092 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471123782
6:00503419201419
7:00626327142288
8:00754735453155
9:00899743244047
10:001057550134770
11:001240855315537
12:001455259936390
13:001692964776980
14:001931272557829
15:002196378908701
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

[EMPR]mcdumper4593

33.5 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
3 metal received · 34802 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:58 · n=1407
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1346
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1638

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