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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Solar
    6. Con turret
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Mex
    31. Advanced solar
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. PawnPawn
    39. 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 · 121 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Converter
    11. PawnPawn ×5
    12. Converter
    13. PawnPawn ×6
    14. GauntletGauntletdone 7:50
    15. PawnPawn ×7
    16. Mex
    17. PawnPawn ×7
    18. Mex
    19. PawnPawn ×6
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. PawnPawn ×5
    22. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:32 · typical 9:01
    25. PawnPawn ×6
    26. Mex
    27. Con turret
    28. PawnPawn ×4
    29. Con turret
    30. PawnPawn ×3
    31. Con turret
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. PawnPawn ×5
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. PawnPawn ×4
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Mex
    71. PawnPawn ×3
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Mex
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Con turret
    102. LazarusLazarus
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×9
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. PawnPawn
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. PawnPawn
    118. LazarusLazarus
    119. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    120. PawnPawn ×3
    121. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is galactikraken's (31 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

galactikraken

30.6 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
373 metal received · 19262 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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