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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, transitioning into the usual Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus mix to contest middle and hold the wider gap.

#eco · 1060 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1210 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1060 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 0:35–8:31

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 134 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:43 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×2
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. JanusJanus ×2
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. BlitzBlitz ×5
    20. SentrySentry
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Con turret
    23. Mex
    24. BlitzBlitz ×5
    25. Energy storage
    26. JanusJanus
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. JanusJanus
    38. Con turret ×2
    39. Wind
    40. JanusJanus
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind ×2
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. Advanced solar
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. Advanced solar
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced solar
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Converter
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Converter
    81. Con turret
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. Converter
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Converter
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 8:53
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Converter
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. SentrySentry
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×4
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    114. Wind
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. Wind ×2
    117. StoutStout
    118. Wind
    119. StoutStout
    120. Con turret
    121. StoutStout
    122. SentrySentry
    123. StoutStout ×3
    124. Con turret
    125. BeamerBeamer
    126. StoutStout ×2
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. StoutStout
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    130. StoutStout
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. BlitzBlitz ×5
    133. BeamerBeamer
    134. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:06 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Con turret
    5. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:00
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Advanced solar
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. Advanced solar
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Advanced solar
    17. CenturionCenturion ×11
    18. Con turret
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. Con turret
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. VeilVeil
    24. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1210 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002712541333
5:0038591200817
6:00506521051522
7:00631329672419
8:00763738143332
9:00908346244274
10:001069652935006
11:001262557855683
12:001484563526488
13:001744469777174
14:002017276238083
15:002273283908949
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

EpicTyrannus

42.5 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
211 metal received · 68553 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:31 · n=768
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=970

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