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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
  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 · 14 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. WhistlerMissile truck ×7
    13. SentrySentry
    14. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
  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 · 118 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    2. Wind
    3. WhistlerMissile truck
    4. Wind
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind
    7. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    8. Wind
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. Converter
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:33 · typical 8:53
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz ×2
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Wind
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Wind
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz ×6
    110. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    111. BlitzBlitz ×2
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 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

TrapCaT

43.4 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
76 metal received · 40566 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

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