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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 · 1812 distinct matches · 266 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2113 · 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 1812 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. TickTick ×5
    7. MaceMace
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. BeholderBeholder
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. LazarusLazarus ×2
    24. ThugThug
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×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 · 178 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Solar
    4. MaceMace
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind ×2
    27. MaceMace
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:01
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×2
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind ×3
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. Energy storage
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Energy storage
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Con turret
    66. Energy storage
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Energy storage
    69. Con turret
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:13 · typical 0:47
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×3
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. PawnPawn
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. PawnPawn
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. PawnPawn
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. PawnPawn
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. PawnPawn
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. PawnPawn
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. PawnPawn
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. LazarusLazarus
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. LazarusLazarus
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. PawnPawn
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. PawnPawn
    144. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:52
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. PawnPawn
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. PawnPawn
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Con turret
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:31
    153. PawnPawn
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. PawnPawn
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. PawnPawn
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Con turret
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. Con turret
    166. BlitzBlitz ×2
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. PawnPawn
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. Pit BullPit Bull
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. PawnPawn
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. Wind
    178. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (38 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

2113 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419201420
7:00626327172288
8:00754835463155
9:00899043264050
10:001057150124779
11:001240355305547
12:001454359886397
13:001692064716999
14:001928772177854
15:002196978788729
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

Godmother13

37.7 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1411 metal received · 26468 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=1422
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:16 · n=1359
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1655

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