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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 · 89 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:58 · typical 0:47
    5. RoverScout ×3
    6. Wind
    7. RoverScout
    8. Wind
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. JanusJanus ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Wind
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Mex
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Energy storage
    20. JanusJanus
    21. BeamerBeamer ×2
    22. PincerPincer ×2
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. PincerPincer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PincerPincer
    28. Wind
    29. PincerPincer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PincerPincer
    32. Con turret ×2
    33. Wind
    34. PincerPincer
    35. Wind
    36. PincerPincer
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PincerPincer
    39. Con turret
    40. PincerPincer
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. PincerPincer
    44. Wind
    45. PincerPincer
    46. Converter
    47. PincerPincer
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. PincerPincer
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. PincerPincer
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:29 · typical 8:53
    62. Wind
    63. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    66. Con turret ×2
    67. Advanced solar ×2
    68. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:36
    69. Advanced solar
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Advanced solar
    73. SentrySentry
    74. BlitzBlitz ×4
    75. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:23
    76. BlitzBlitz ×23
    77. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    78. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:28
    79. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    82. Advanced Aircraft PlantEat Advanced Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    83. Con turret ×2
    84. StorkLight transport
    85. Con turret ×2
    86. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    87. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    88. Con turret
    89. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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 (43%) · 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 (35%)

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (44 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

EpicTyrannus

44.3 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
113 metal received · 44207 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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