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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. Wind
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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. Mex
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 127 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Wind
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. OverwatchOverwatch
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Con turret
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind ×2
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:32
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. ThugThug
    57. Wind
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Wind
    60. ThugThug
    61. Mex
    62. AggravatorAggravator
    63. Wind
    64. AggravatorAggravator
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. ThugThug
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:55
    77. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:00 · typical 8:53
    79. Con turret
    80. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Con turret
    83. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind ×7
    87. FatboyFatboydone 11:54
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind ×3
    93. SmugglerJammer bot
    94. Wind ×2
    95. CompassRadar bot
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind ×2
    103. ArchangelArchangeldone 12:40
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind
    107. ArchangelArchangel
    108. SharpshooterSniper botdone 13:38
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind ×2
    112. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    113. Wind ×3
    114. SharpshooterSniper bot
    115. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    116. WelderWelder
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind
    120. WelderWelder
    121. RecluseReclusedone 14:38
    122. Wind
    123. Con turret ×2
    124. Wind
    125. RecluseRecluse
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ComDelivery's (38 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

ComDelivery

37.8 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
419 metal received · 21916 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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