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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 119 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus ×3
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Mex
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. PincerPincer
    22. Mex
    23. PincerPincer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. PincerPincer
    26. ShellshockerArty
    27. Wind
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. ShellshockerArty
    31. Wind
    32. Energy storage
    33. ShellshockerArty
    34. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    35. Con turret
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. ShellshockerArty
    41. Wind
    42. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    43. Wind
    44. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    45. Wind
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. Wind
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Con turret ×2
    51. Wind ×3
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Energy storage ×2
    56. Wind ×6
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. Wind ×6
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 8:53
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. Converter ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Con turret
    83. Converter
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×9
    98. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:28
    99. Wind ×4
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind
    102. MauserMauser
    103. Wind ×2
    104. MauserMauser
    105. Wind
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind ×2
    110. MauserMauser
    111. Wind ×3
    112. MauserMauser
    113. Wind ×3
    114. MauserMauser
    115. Wind ×4
    116. MauserMauser
    117. Wind ×2
    118. MauserMauser
    119. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:55 · 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 (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 (40%) · 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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. MauserMauser
    3. Wind ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. MauserMauser
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind ×3
    9. MauserMauser
    10. Wind ×2
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. MauserMauser
    13. Wind ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. MauserMauser
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×2
    20. MauserMauser
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. MauserMauser
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind ×2
    29. TickTick
    30. MauserMauser
    31. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (40 OS, 10/10/2026); 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

haaven

40.5 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
88 metal received · 45600 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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