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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 · 41 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. PawnPawn
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. TickTick
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Con turret
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
  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 · 144 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. TickTick
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×4
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. GauntletGauntletdone 8:07
    34. Mex
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:33 · typical 8:53
    39. PawnPawn ×7
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. SentrySentry
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. SentrySentry
    48. PawnPawn ×4
    49. Energy storage
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. PawnPawn
    53. SentrySentry
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Twilight
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Wind
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Mex
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×4
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn ×3
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×7
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Con turret
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Twilight
    94. Con turret
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Advanced solar
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Advanced solar
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Advanced solar
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Twilight
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Advanced solar
    117. PawnPawn ×3
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×4
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Con turret ×2
    123. Twilight
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Advanced solar
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Advanced solar
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Wind
    132. Energy storage
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:38 · typical 0:47
    135. PawnPawn ×2
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:49
    139. PawnPawn ×4
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×5
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×6
    144. Wind ×4

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
148 metal received · 11579 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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