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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 · 1031 distinct matches · 138 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1178 · 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 1031 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 0:35–8:09

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alphacure's (37 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 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

1178 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681203819
6:00507621121523
7:00632029742422
8:00763938233347
9:00908346414308
10:001069653295042
11:001262558255692
12:001483963816492
13:001743369777174
14:002016376218077
15:002267783748941
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

Alphacure

36.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
108 metal received · 8541 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:09 · n=746
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=832
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=940

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