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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 · 1815 distinct matches · 266 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2116 · 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 1815 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Mex
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
  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 · 192 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Con turret
    17. PawnPawn
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Energy storage
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Energy storage
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Con turret
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×4
    47. TickTick ×25
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. TickTick ×6
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. TickTick ×6
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. TickTick ×6
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. TickTick ×6
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick ×5
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×4
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Wind ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind ×2
    92. TickTick
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind ×2
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:58 · typical 9:01
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×3
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Wind ×4
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×5
    123. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:49
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×3
    126. PawnPawn ×2
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. Construction BotCon bot
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×2
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Con turret
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick
    152. Construction BotCon bot
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Con turret
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:23
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. Construction BotCon bot
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    175. TickTick
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Construction BotCon bot
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. PawnPawn ×3
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Converter
    184. PawnPawn ×2
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. Construction BotCon bot
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×2
    191. Converter
    192. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 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

2116 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002700521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419201420
7:00626327202288
8:00754735473158
9:00899043284052
10:001057050134780
11:001240355285547
12:001453759826399
13:001690964706999
14:001928672177850
15:002196378778727
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

[Grump]_Doni

51.1 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
375 metal received · 22100 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=1425
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:16 · n=1359
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1658

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