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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 · 1796 distinct matches · 263 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2095 · 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 1796 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 0:33–0:58

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 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 · 28 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. TickTick
    8. Mex
    9. TickTick ×4
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Mex
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Mex
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    25. LazarusLazarus ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Construction BotCon bot ×2
  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 · 116 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. PawnPawn ×4
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. PawnPawn ×5
    5. ThugThug
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. MaceMace
    8. PawnPawn ×29
    9. LazarusLazarus ×4
    10. Mex
    11. Energy storage
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Energy storage
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13 · typical 9:01
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind ×5
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind ×2
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×3
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×3
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Energy storage
    68. TickTick
    69. Energy storage
    70. TickTick ×9
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×3
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×3
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Energy storage
    89. TickTick ×6
    90. SentrySentry
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×3
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Pit BullPit Bull
    114. TickTick ×5
    115. LazarusLazarus ×4
    116. Con turret ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (35 OS, 23/08/2026); 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 7:24 · in 64% 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

2095 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002699522333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419191415
7:00626327142288
8:00754935453155
9:00899743254047
10:001057750144770
11:001240955315544
12:001454659976391
13:001692364836985
14:001928772557830
15:002195778948702
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

[EMPR]mcdumper4593

34.5 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
58 metal received · 57447 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:58 · n=1409
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1348
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1641

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