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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 · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1137 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 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Energy storage
    20. Mex
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. JanusJanus
    23. Con turret
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
  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 (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 101 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Con turret
    17. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Mex
    25. Con turret
    26. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Con turret
    29. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:21
    30. Wind
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    36. Converter
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    38. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    39. Converter
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    41. Converter
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45 · typical 8:53
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Converter
    47. Metal storage
    48. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    49. Converter ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Converter
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×19
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×5
    64. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactordone 14:48
    65. Wind ×18
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind ×14
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×4
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Wind
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Con turret ×2
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Con turret
    87. Converter ×6
    88. Con turret
    89. Converter ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter ×20
    92. BeamerBeamer ×2
    93. Converter ×2
    94. BeamerBeamer ×2
    95. Converter ×4
    96. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    97. Converter ×2
    98. BeamerBeamer
    99. Converter
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is WashedGamuer's (41 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

WashedGamuer

41.3 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
72 metal received · 35080 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

Played most by

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