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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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 0:35–8:13

    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
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. TickTick ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. MaceMace
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. BeholderBeholder
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. 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 (40%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 197 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. BeholderBeholder
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. TickTick
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. BeholderBeholder
    18. Wind ×2
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. MaceMace ×2
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. ThugThug
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. ThugThug
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Mex
    56. Energy storage
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. SentrySentry
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. ThugThug
    61. Energy storage
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. ThugThug ×2
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. Wind
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. ThugThug
    68. Wind
    69. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. ThugThug
    74. Wind
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. TickTick
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:55 · typical 8:53
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. Mex
    80. ThugThug
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Wind
    83. ThugThug
    84. Wind
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Con turret
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×10
    101. TickTick
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Con turret
    104. TickTick ×6
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. TickTick
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Converter
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Converter ×2
    140. TickTick
    141. JunoJuno
    142. Twilight
    143. TickTick
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. Converter
    146. TickTick
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. Converter
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:22
    154. Converter
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Converter
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Con turret
    159. TickTick
    160. Converter
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. Con turret
    163. Converter
    164. TickTick
    165. Con turret
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. Pit BullPit Bull
    169. Con turret
    170. TickTick
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    173. TickTick
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    175. Wind
    176. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    177. Converter
    178. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    179. Con turret
    180. Converter
    181. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    182. Wind
    183. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    184. Converter
    185. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    186. Con turret
    187. Pit BullPit Bull
    188. Wind ×2
    189. Converter
    190. Con turret
    191. Wind ×3
    192. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    193. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    194. Energy storage
    195. Wind ×3
    196. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    197. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Godmother13

38.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
552 metal received · 74357 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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