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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 · 1004 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1149 · 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 1004 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 · 108 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:55 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×8
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Mex
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. StoutStout
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Wind ×3
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Energy storage
    23. ShellshockerArty
    24. Wind
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. ShellshockerArty
    29. Wind ×2
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. BlitzBlitz ×2
    43. Energy storage
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Con turret
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. WhistlerMissile truck
    61. Wind
    62. WhistlerMissile truck
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz ×2
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Wind
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    73. Converter
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:47 · typical 8:54
    75. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter ×2
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Converter
    91. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:54
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Wind
    94. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:06
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. BlitzBlitz ×4
    97. Converter
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz ×6
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. BlitzBlitz ×3
    107. Wind
    108. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:22 · 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 (36%)

    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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:10
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    13. Wind
    14. PlatypusPlatypus
    15. Wind
    16. PlatypusPlatypus
    17. Wind
    18. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    19. Wind
    20. PlatypusPlatypus
    21. Wind
    22. PlatypusPlatypus
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. PlatypusPlatypus
    25. Wind
    26. PlatypusPlatypus
    27. Wind
    28. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

1149 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507621121522
7:00632629862445
8:00764938713358
9:00908046884311
10:001069353415062
11:001262258285713
12:001483463856524
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483778967
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

Immort

54.8 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
886 metal received · 54816 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=726
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=815
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=919

Played most by

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