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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 · 1019 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1163 · 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 1019 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 0:35–8:29

    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
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. TickTickfor Beach sea
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×2for Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. TickTick ×2for Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    19. Energy storage
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Metal storage
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Con turret
  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 · 254 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Converter
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:17 · typical 8:54
    36. Converter
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind ×2
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:48
    54. Mex
    55. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:31
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind ×4
    60. Converter
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Converter
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Mex
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Converter
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Converter
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret ×2
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind ×2
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Con turret
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Con turret
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind ×3
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind ×3
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind ×2
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    143. Wind ×4
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind ×4
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Con turret
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind ×2
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Con turret
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind ×2
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Con turret
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:01
    168. Wind
    169. RoverScout
    170. Wind
    171. RoverScout ×2
    172. Wind
    173. RoverScout
    174. Wind
    175. RoverScout
    176. Wind
    177. RoverScout ×3
    178. NettleNettle
    179. BlitzBlitz ×2
    180. NettleNettle
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. NettleNettle
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. NettleNettle
    185. ChainsawChainsaw
    186. BlitzBlitz ×3
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz ×2
    190. Converter
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Converter
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. Wind
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. Converter
    197. Wind
    198. BlitzBlitz ×2
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. ChainsawChainsaw
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. Wind
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. Converter
    206. SentrySentry
    207. RoverScout
    208. Wind
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. RoverScout
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. RoverScout
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. RoverScout
    215. Wind
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. BeamerBeamer
    218. RoverScout
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. RoverScout
    221. Wind
    222. BlitzBlitz ×2
    223. Wind
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. ChainsawChainsaw
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. Wind
    228. BlitzBlitz ×2
    229. Wind
    230. BlitzBlitz
    231. Wind
    232. BlitzBlitz
    233. Converter
    234. BlitzBlitz
    235. Wind
    236. BlitzBlitz
    237. Converter
    238. BlitzBlitz ×2
    239. Converter
    240. Wind
    241. Converter
    242. BlitzBlitz
    243. Wind
    244. BlitzBlitz
    245. Converter
    246. BlitzBlitz
    247. Converter
    248. BlitzBlitz
    249. Wind
    250. BlitzBlitz
    251. Converter
    252. Wind
    253. Converter
    254. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slump's (39 OS, 11/09/2026); 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

1163 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830092445
8:00765138713358
9:00908746884311
10:001069753475048
11:001262758385701
12:001484663956492
13:001745070107185
14:002018576238079
15:002275483778940
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

Slump

39.2 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
890 metal received · 98984 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:29 · n=735
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=826
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=930

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