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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard economy-first opening, building Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant immediately then teching up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army to hold and push middle.

#eco · 1070 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1221 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1070 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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:48
    3. RoverScout ×5
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. JanusJanus
    7. RoverScout ×8
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. JanusJanus ×4
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Mex
    18. BlitzBlitz ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Mex
    22. BlitzBlitz ×3
  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 (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. BlitzBlitz ×3
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz ×6
    19. Con turret
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz ×8
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. SentrySentry
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz ×3
    41. NettleNettle
    42. Wind
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Converter
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    48. Wind
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Wind
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:08 · typical 8:54
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×3
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Energy storage
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. NettleNettle ×3
    92. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    93. Converter
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Mex
    96. Con turret
    97. Mex
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Con turret ×2
    100. Converter
    101. NettleNettle ×2
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Con turret
    104. NettleNettle
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. BlitzBlitz ×3
    108. Converter
    109. BlitzBlitz ×5
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:47
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2
    114. Con turret ×2
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Converter
    118. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (47 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

1221 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711542333
5:0038541202816
6:00506221091522
7:00631129632424
8:00763838113332
9:00907646234273
10:001068852885003
11:001262257835677
12:001483463526488
13:001742569737166
14:002016875848075
15:002272383738946
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Hummell

47.5 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 63623 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=774
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=862
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=978

Played most by

Hummell103games of this buildWashedGamuer95games of this buildLeohvm86games of this buildXad67games of this buildImmort42games of this build
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