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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×10
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick ×2for Pond
    8. Mex
    9. TickTickfor Pond
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. TickTick ×3
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 198 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. MaceMace ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. MaceMace
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace
    9. Mex
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. MaceMace
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. MaceMace
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. MaceMace
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Energy storage
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. MaceMace
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. MaceMace
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:41 · typical 8:54
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. MaceMace
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Mex
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. MaceMace
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Mex
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. MaceMace ×2
    55. Wind
    56. MaceMace ×2
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×3
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×4
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. Metal storage
    73. Wind
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Con turret
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Con turret
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. PawnPawn ×4
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind ×2
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Converter
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind ×2
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Converter
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Converter
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Converter
    123. PawnPawn ×3
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Converter
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Converter
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind ×2
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Converter
    156. PawnPawn ×3
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×3
    164. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn ×2
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Converter
    172. PawnPawn ×2
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn ×2
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. PawnPawn ×3
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. Wind
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Converter
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn ×2
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Converter
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Converter
    198. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (35 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

pownage227

35.4 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
90 metal received · 66408 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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