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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 · 1019 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1164 · 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 1019 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 0:35–8:28

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Mex
    18. TickTick
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
  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%) · Lazarus (36%) · pawn (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 205 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:25 · typical 8:54
    19. Con turret
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Energy storage
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind ×2
    26. PawnPawn
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Mex
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×3
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Wind
    61. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Advanced solar
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Advanced solar
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced solar
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Advanced solar
    87. PawnPawn
    88. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:23
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced solar
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. Advanced solar
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    101. Wind
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    108. PawnPawn ×4
    109. Wind
    110. BeamerBeamer
    111. PawnPawn
    112. CenturionCenturion
    113. Energy storage
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. CenturionCenturion
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Con turret
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:49 · typical 0:48
    130. PawnPawn
    131. CenturionCenturion
    132. Wind
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. Advanced solar
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 14:34
    137. Wind
    138. CenturionCenturion
    139. Advanced solar
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×2
    142. Advanced solar
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Advanced solar
    147. PawnPawn ×4
    148. Wind
    149. Advanced solar
    150. PawnPawn ×5
    151. Converter
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Converter
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Converter
    159. PawnPawn ×2
    160. Converter
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Converter
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Converter
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Converter
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Converter
    173. PawnPawn ×3
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×3
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. PawnPawn
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. PawnPawn
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. PawnPawn
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. PawnPawn
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. PawnPawn
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. PawnPawn
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. PawnPawn
    196. Con turret
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. PawnPawn
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. PawnPawn
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    205. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (39 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · 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

1164 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002717543333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830082441
8:00765038673358
9:00908646854311
10:001069753455046
11:001262558335699
12:001484563906497
13:001744970097188
14:002018476238083
15:002274883768941
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

JustSomeGuy

39.2 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
269 metal received · 14022 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:28 · n=736
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=826
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=930

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