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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up immediately, units trickle to the coast and middle, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00 as the eco transition.

#eco · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 0:33–0:56

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 75 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · typical 0:47
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Wind
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Wind
    7. WhistlerMissile truck
    8. StoutStout
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. Mex
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus ×2
    18. StoutStout
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Con turret
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. SentrySentry
    24. BlitzBlitz ×3
    25. Mex
    26. BlitzBlitz ×2
    27. ShellshockerArty ×2
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Wind
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. Energy storage
    46. Wind ×5
    47. Mex
    48. Wind
    49. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    50. Wind
    51. ShellshockerArty
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Wind
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Wind
    57. BeholderBeholder
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. Wind
    61. ShellshockerArty ×3
    62. Con turret ×2
    63. Wind ×5
    64. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:07 · typical 9:00
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    75. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:36 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

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

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

  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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. TickTick
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Pit BullPit Bull
    22. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Reasonable1337's (33 OS, 21/09/2026); 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 7:23 · 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

Reasonable1337

33.2 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
899 metal received · 12845 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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