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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (35 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.1 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
368 metal received · 32118 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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