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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. 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 (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Pond
    10. Mex
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:40 · typical 8:54
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. SentrySentry
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. PawnPawn ×3
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×4
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Wind
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Pit BullPit Bull
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Metal storage
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fullchord's (36 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

Fullchord

35.8 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

47 received units · includes a constructor
77 metal received · 7724 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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