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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:32 · 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 · 47 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry ×2
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. PawnPawn ×2
  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 · 199 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×4
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. JanusJanus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Con turret
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. MaceMace
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:21 · typical 8:54
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. PawnPawn
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. JanusJanus
    39. MaceMace
    40. PawnPawn
    41. MaceMace
    42. Wind
    43. AggravatorAggravator
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. PawnPawn
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind
    53. SentrySentry
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind ×2
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. MaceMace
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind ×3
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×3
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    73. Con turret
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Converter
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Mex
    78. Converter
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Converter
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×4
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind ×2
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Converter
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick
    110. SentrySentry
    111. TickTick ×6
    112. SentrySentry
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×6
    116. Wind
    117. SentrySentry
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. SentrySentry
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. TickTick ×4
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. SentrySentry
    129. TickTick ×5
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×3
    132. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:21
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Wind
    139. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    140. TickTick
    141. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    146. TickTick
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. TickTick
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. TickTick
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. TickTick
    156. WelderWelder
    157. TickTick
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    159. TickTick
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. Con turret
    162. WelderWelder
    163. TickTick
    164. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    165. Wind
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    167. TickTick
    168. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. SentrySentry
    171. TickTick ×2
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×6
    174. Con turret
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick ×6
    178. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Con turret
    183. TickTick
    184. Mex
    185. Wind
    186. Con turret
    187. TickTick
    188. SentrySentry
    189. Con turret
    190. TickTick
    191. Wind
    192. Con turret
    193. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    194. TickTick
    195. SentrySentry
    196. Con turret
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Con turret ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (45 OS, 29/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · 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

BeanBro

45.3 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

30 received units · includes a constructor
565 metal received · 29005 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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