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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 · 1135 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1294 · 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 1135 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 (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Mex
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. PawnPawn ×4
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Mex
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 167 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×5
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. SentrySentry
    19. PawnPawn ×4
    20. Wind
    21. Solar
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 8:53
    39. Energy storage
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. ThugThug
    44. Mex
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. SentrySentry
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Wind
    61. ThugThug
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Wind ×2
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. ThugThug
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. PawnPawn ×3
    70. Wind ×2
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Mex
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind ×2
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Wind
    122. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:04
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. LazarusLazarus
    126. Wind
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. Wind
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. Wind
    132. LazarusLazarus
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Pit BullPit Bull
    140. LazarusLazarus
    141. Wind
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Wind
    144. LazarusLazarus
    145. Wind
    146. LazarusLazarus ×2
    147. Wind
    148. LazarusLazarus
    149. Wind
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn ×2
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. FatboyFatboydone 14:40
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zus's (37 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1294 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001621143105
4:002708545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920851517
7:00630929422448
8:00763737913332
9:00907946184252
10:001068752824979
11:001261557835647
12:001483963416479
13:001741969617184
14:002017275898090
15:002269483658971
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

Zus

36.7 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
2351 metal received · 14735 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=818
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=915
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1034

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