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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:56 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. TickTick
    6. Con turret
    7. TickTick ×3
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. PawnPawn ×5
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn ×5
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Con turret
    24. PawnPawn ×3
    25. Mex
  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 (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 111 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×4
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Metal storage
    7. Wind ×2
    8. TickTick
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind ×2
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Energy storage
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Mex
    25. Wind ×4
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Energy storage
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. NettleNettle
    54. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    55. Wind
    56. NettleNettle
    57. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. NettleNettle
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:59
    64. Wind ×5
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Wind
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    77. Wind ×10
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind ×5
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Wind ×4
    82. SentrySentry
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. SentrySentry ×3
    85. Wind ×2
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Wind
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:22
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Fusion ReactorFusion
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter ×2
    107. T2 converter
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SHORTBUS_VIP's (43 OS, 16/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

SHORTBUS_VIP

43.5 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
48 metal received · 27347 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=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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