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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 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. TickTick ×6
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. 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 · 228 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    7. AnemoneAnemone
    8. Energy storage ×3
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:02 · typical 8:53
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry ×4
    18. Wind
    19. Twilight
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Twilight
    26. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:57
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Converter
    51. TickTick
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Con turret
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Con turret
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:49
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. TickTick
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. TickTick
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×3
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. PawnPawn ×3
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn ×3
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. Construction BotCon bot
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×3
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×2
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. TickTick
    147. Construction BotCon bot
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn ×3
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn ×3
    161. Converter
    162. PawnPawn ×2
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. Construction BotCon bot
    167. PawnPawn ×5
    168. Wind ×2
    169. PawnPawn ×2
    170. TickTick
    171. Construction BotCon bot
    172. PawnPawn ×2
    173. Wind ×2
    174. PawnPawn ×4
    175. TickTick
    176. Converter
    177. Construction BotCon bot
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind ×2
    180. PawnPawn ×4
    181. TickTick
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. Wind
    184. PawnPawn ×2
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn ×2
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn ×4
    190. Wind
    191. PawnPawn
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn ×4
    195. Converter
    196. Wind
    197. LazarusLazarus
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn
    200. TickTick
    201. PawnPawn ×4
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn ×2
    204. LazarusLazarus
    205. PawnPawn
    206. TickTick
    207. PawnPawn ×3
    208. Wind
    209. PawnPawn ×3
    210. Converter
    211. PawnPawn
    212. LazarusLazarus
    213. PawnPawn
    214. TickTick
    215. PawnPawn ×2
    216. Wind
    217. CenturionCenturion
    218. PawnPawn ×2
    219. LazarusLazarus
    220. Wind
    221. CenturionCenturion
    222. TickTick
    223. PawnPawn ×2
    224. Wind
    225. PawnPawn
    226. Converter
    227. CenturionCenturion
    228. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

[Grump]_Doni

51.6 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
1028 metal received · 49048 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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