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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard economy-first opening, building Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant immediately then teching up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army to hold and push middle.

#eco · 1068 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1219 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1068 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 · 90 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:43 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RoverScout
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    10. Mex
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus ×2
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Mex
    18. JanusJanus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. BeholderBeholder
    26. ShellshockerArty ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. BeholderBeholder
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. ShellshockerArty ×2
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. ShellshockerArty ×2
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. ShellshockerArty
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:00 · typical 8:53
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind ×2
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. BlitzBlitz ×4
    87. Con turret
    88. BlitzBlitz ×4
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:27 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 74 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. TickTick ×4
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Con turret
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. TickTick
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. TickTick
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. TickTick
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. TickTick
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. TickTick ×3
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. TickTick ×3
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. TickTick ×3
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. TickTick
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. TickTick
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (37 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 68% 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

1219 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711541333
5:0038541202816
6:00506221111522
7:00631129702424
8:00763838123332
9:00907646244273
10:001068852885001
11:001262257865677
12:001483463526488
13:001742569817166
14:002017675948075
15:002274183748952
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

XXMACGAMERXX

36.9 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1015 metal received · 6092 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=773
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=861
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=976

Played most by

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