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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 · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · 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 1137 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 0:36–8:32

    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 0:44 · 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 · 43 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. PawnPawn
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. TickTick
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. TickTick
    33. Mex
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. SentrySentry
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. 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: 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 · 72 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×4
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×6
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×3
    11. Solar
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×3
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Mex
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×4
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×3
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:14 · typical 8:53
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×3
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Con turret
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. Wind
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. LazarusLazarus ×2
    62. Wind
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Wind
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (42 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
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

JustSomeGuy

42.3 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
663 metal received · 4296 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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