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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 · 1817 distinct matches · 267 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2118 · 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 1817 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. MaceMace
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. BeholderBeholder
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. BeholderBeholder
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. LazarusLazarus ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 197 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:50 · typical 9:01
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. SentrySentry
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Solar
    37. Converter
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Advanced solar
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Energy storage
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Energy storage
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. CrossbowCrossbow
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    65. Wind
    66. CrossbowCrossbow
    67. Wind
    68. CrossbowCrossbow
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. CrossbowCrossbow
    72. Wind
    73. CrossbowCrossbow
    74. Wind
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Energy storage
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    85. Mexfor Geo
    86. Converter
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    90. Mexfor Geo
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Geothermal PowerplantGeofor Geodone 13:25
    96. Converter
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Con turret
    99. Advanced solar
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    108. Wind
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Pit BullPit Bull
    117. Converter
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. Converter
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Wind ×11
    122. Pit BullPit Bull
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:32 · typical 0:47
    125. Converter ×2
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Converter
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    135. Con turret ×2
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind ×3
    138. Con turret
    139. Converter
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. Con turret
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Con turret
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:22
    157. TickTick
    158. LazarusLazarus
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Con turret
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind ×2
    165. LazarusLazarus
    166. Energy storage
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. Wind
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 14:57
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind
    176. LazarusLazarus
    177. Wind
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. Wind ×2
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    190. Wind ×3
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. Converter
    195. Wind ×2
    196. TickTick
    197. AmbassadorAmbassador

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 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 69% 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

2118 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503319201420
7:00626127162288
8:00754635463158
9:00898943264052
10:001056950114780
11:001240355265547
12:001453759766399
13:001690964696999
14:001928672127850
15:002196378758727
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

Godmother13

38.7 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
788 metal received · 124358 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=1426
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:18 · n=1361
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1659

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