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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 · 1067 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1218 · 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 1067 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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 23 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:52 · typical 0:48
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×3
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. Mex
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. JanusJanus ×2
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 75 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. WhistlerMissile truck
    3. Wind ×2
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:28
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind ×4
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. GroundhogGroundhog
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. Wind
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    65. Wind
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. Wind
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    75. Wind ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (43 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1218 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711541333
5:0038551201817
6:00506221101523
7:00631129672430
8:00763738123332
9:00907846244274
10:001069152935002
11:001262357855680
12:001483963526488
13:001743369777174
14:002017276078077
15:002273283768960
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

DRM

43.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
115 metal received · 20747 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=860
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=975

Played most by

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