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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard economy-first opening, building Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant immediately then teching up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army to hold and push middle.

#eco · 1065 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1215 · 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 1065 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 0:35–8:30

    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
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:48
  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 (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. Mex
    15. ShellshockerArty ×2
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. BeamerBeamer ×2
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
  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 · 85 steps
    1. Wind
    2. WhistlerMissile truck
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. WhistlerMissile truck
    5. Wind
    6. WhistlerMissile truck
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:21 · typical 8:53
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. Wind ×2
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Mex
    18. Con turret
    19. GauntletGauntletdone 7:54
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Energy storage
    27. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw ×6
    28. Wind
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Pit BullPit Bull
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Con turret
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:17
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. Twilight
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:19
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:16
    59. Converter
    60. GroundhogGroundhog
    61. Wind
    62. GroundhogGroundhog
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Medium MineMedium Mine ×3
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Medium MineMedium Mine ×4
    71. BeholderBeholder
    72. Wind
    73. Medium MineMedium Mine
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    77. Wind
    78. BeholderBeholder
    79. Wind
    80. Medium MineMedium Mine
    81. Converter
    82. Medium MineMedium Mine
    83. BeholderBeholder
    84. FerretFerret ×2
    85. BeholderBeholder

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theBeauty's (37 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

1215 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002711541333
5:0038551202818
6:00506221111523
7:00631129742436
8:00763638153332
9:00907946244273
10:001069352995003
11:001262257955682
12:001483463776488
13:001742569817166
14:002016876238079
15:002272383808946
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

theBeauty

37.0 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
145 metal received · 32818 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:30 · n=770
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=858
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=972

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