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

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 ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
853 metal received · 14986 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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