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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 · 1796 distinct matches · 263 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2095 · 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 1796 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 0:33–0:58

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. Mex
    31. PawnPawn
  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 · 149 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind ×3
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×5
    8. Con turret
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Energy storage
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick ×3
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. TickTick
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Energy storage
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. TickTick
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. TickTick
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Con turret
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. TickTick ×17
    60. Mex
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:33
    76. TickTick
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    79. TickTick
    80. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    82. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 12:01
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. TickTick ×19
    85. Con turret
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Con turret
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. TickTick ×18
    91. Con turret
    92. TickTick ×3
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×4
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×6
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×9
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×4
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×4
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×9
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×6
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×7
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×4
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×5
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. TickTick ×6
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×3
    124. Energy storage
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Energy storage
    127. TickTick ×5
    128. Con turret
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Con turret
    131. TickTick ×13
    132. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:40
    133. TickTick ×4
    134. Energy storage
    135. TickTick ×3
    136. FalconFighter
    137. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. FalconFighter
    140. TickTick ×4
    141. FalconFighter
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. FalconFighter
    146. TickTick ×3
    147. Wind
    148. FalconFighter
    149. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (33 OS, 15/08/2026); 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 7:24 · in 64% 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

2095 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002699522333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419191415
7:00626327142288
8:00754935453155
9:00899743254047
10:001057750144770
11:001240955315544
12:001454659976391
13:001692364836985
14:001928772557830
15:002195778948702
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

[EMPR]mcdumper4593

33.0 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
293 metal received · 49878 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:58 · n=1409
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1348
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1641

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