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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 0:34 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Solar
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 94 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Energy storage
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn ×16
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. PawnPawn
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. PawnPawn
    16. MaceMace
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. PawnPawn
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:56
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. MaceMace
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. MaceMace
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. PawnPawn ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02
    63. Wind ×3
    64. MaceMace
    65. Wind
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. RocketeerRocketeer
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. PawnPawn
    79. RocketeerRocketeer
    80. Wind
    81. RocketeerRocketeer
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. Wind
    84. RocketeerRocketeer
    85. Wind
    86. MaceMace
    87. RocketeerRocketeer
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. RocketeerRocketeer
    94. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (35 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

34.5 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
203 metal received · 44486 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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