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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 50 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Wind
    15. Mex ×2
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. Wind ×2
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Wind
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. Wind
    23. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    24. Wind
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. Wind
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. Wind
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Wind
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    37. Wind
    38. RoverScout ×2
    39. Wind
    40. RoverScout ×2
    41. JanusJanus
    42. Wind
    43. JanusJanus
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Wind
    48. RoverScout
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:24 · 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 (45%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (37%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Converter
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    15. Con turret
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Con turret
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. TickTick ×7
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. TickTick
    24. TickTickfor Suicide front
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. TickTickfor Suicide front
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. TickTickfor Suicide front
    29. Con turret
    30. TickTickfor Suicide front
    31. Wind
    32. TickTickfor Suicide front
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. Energy storage
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind
    58. Cortex CommanderCortex Commander
    59. TickTick ×2for Suicide front
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    62. Wind
    63. TickTickfor Suicide front
    64. Wind
    65. TickTickfor Suicide front
    66. Con turret
    67. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:43
    73. Mex
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. TickTickfor Suicide front
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. ButlerButler
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. PlatypusPlatypus
    98. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. PlatypusPlatypus
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arcsiz's (36 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

arcsiz

35.7 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
699 metal received · 3948 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=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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