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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1819 distinct matches · 268 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2120 · 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 1819 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion ×3
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    21. Con turret
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 105 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. Wind
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    37. Wind ×2
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×2
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. MaceMace
    64. Wind
    65. MaceMace
    66. Wind
    67. MaceMace
    68. Wind ×3
    69. MaceMace
    70. Wind ×3
    71. MaceMace
    72. Wind ×3
    73. MaceMace
    74. Wind ×4
    75. MaceMace
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×7
    78. BeamerBeamer
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. MaceMace
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind ×2
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind ×7
    87. Con turret
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. TickTick
    92. BeamerBeamer
    93. TickTick ×9
    94. Mex
    95. TickTick ×7
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×20
    98. BeamerBeamer
    99. TickTick ×4
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. TickTick
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:01
    105. TickTick ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RiskyDonut's (32 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · in 65% 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

2120 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503119191420
7:00625927142290
8:00754435453155
9:00898843244049
10:001056950074780
11:001240355265547
12:001453759766399
13:001690964667001
14:001928672057853
15:002196378758731
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

RiskyDonut

31.8 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

26 received units · includes a constructor
219 metal received · 3037 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1428
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:17 · n=1362
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1660

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