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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. PawnPawnfor Geo
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. PawnPawn
    23. SentrySentry
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. PawnPawn
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
  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 · 101 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Con turret
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    26. Wind ×3
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Energy storage
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:15
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Mex
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind ×2
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind ×2
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. SentrySentry
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Wind
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind ×2
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Wind ×2
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. PawnPawn
    81. BeamerBeamer
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. CenturionCenturion
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind ×2
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    93. Con turret
    94. PawnPawn
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. ScorpionScorpion
    97. TickTick ×5
    98. BeamerBeamer
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. ScorpionScorpion
    101. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (43 OS, 14/09/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

HotDawg

43.5 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
580 metal received · 33646 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=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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