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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up immediately, units trickle to the coast and middle, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00 as the eco transition.

#eco · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 0:33–0:56

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 150 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:51 · typical 0:47
    5. RoverScout ×4
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. JanusJanus
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. JanusJanus
    31. Wind
    32. JanusJanus
    33. SentrySentry
    34. JanusJanus
    35. Wind
    36. JanusJanus ×2
    37. Wind
    38. WhistlerMissile truck
    39. Wind
    40. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    41. Energy storage
    42. Wind
    43. WhistlerMissile truck
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:29 · typical 9:00
    47. Wind
    48. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Mex
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced solar
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Advanced solar ×5
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Con turret ×8
    76. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:13
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    79. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:23
    80. FalconFighter ×6for Air
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. Wind
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    84. FalconFighterfor Air
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    86. FalconFighterfor Air
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    88. FalconFighterfor Air
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    90. Wind
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    92. FalconFighterfor Air
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    94. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    96. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. FalconFighterfor Air
    99. Wind
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. FalconFighterfor Air
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. FalconFighterfor Air
    104. Wind
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. FalconFighter ×5for Air
    109. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 13:30
    110. FalconFighterfor Air
    111. Wind
    112. FalconFighterfor Air
    113. Wind
    114. FalconFighter ×6for Air
    115. Wind
    116. FalconFighterfor Air
    117. Wind
    118. FalconFighter ×2for Air
    119. Wind
    120. FalconFighterfor Air
    121. FalconFighter
    122. Wind
    123. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    124. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    125. Wind ×2
    126. StorkLight transport
    127. Wind
    128. StorkLight transport
    129. Wind
    130. StorkLight transport
    131. Wind
    132. StorkLight transport
    133. VeilVeil
    134. Wind
    135. StorkLight transport
    136. Wind
    137. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    138. StorkLight transport
    139. Wind ×3
    140. StorkLight transport
    141. Wind ×2
    142. StorkLight transport ×2
    143. Wind
    144. StorkLight transport
    145. Wind ×2
    146. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    147. Wind
    148. Pit BullPit Bull
    149. StorkLight transport
    150. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:30 · 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%) · con vehicle (32%) · janus (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

  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 · 53 steps
    1. StorkLight transport
    2. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    16. Con turret
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    26. Con turret
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Con turret
    33. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    34. PawnPawn
    35. PulsarPulsardone 14:07
    36. Con turret ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret ×3
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    47. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    48. Wind ×8
    49. BeamerBeamer
    50. Wind ×2
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Wind
    53. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:23 · 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

Leohvm

52.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
325 metal received · 94689 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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