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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1814 distinct matches · 266 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2115 · 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 1814 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Con turret
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 197 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Con turret
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind ×2
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. PawnPawn
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Converter
    32. PawnPawn
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Converter
    35. JanusJanus
    36. PawnPawn
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Converter
    39. PawnPawn
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Energy storage
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. PawnPawn
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. PawnPawn
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. PawnPawn
    53. ThugThug
    54. PawnPawn ×3
    55. GuardGuard
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 9:01
    58. PawnPawn
    59. ThugThug
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. ThugThug
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:21
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind ×2
    74. PawnPawn
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. RocketeerRocketeer
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. BeamerBeamer
    86. Con turret
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Wind
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Converter
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. CenturionCenturion
    107. Wind
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. CenturionCenturion
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. CenturionCenturion
    116. Wind ×2
    117. CenturionCenturion
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×2
    120. CenturionCenturion
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. Wind
    127. CenturionCenturion
    128. Wind ×4
    129. CenturionCenturion
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind ×3
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. Wind
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. Con turret
    140. Construction BotCon bot
    141. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. Con turret
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:31
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind
    157. BeamerBeamer
    158. Converter
    159. Con turret
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. Con turret
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. Con turret
    168. Wind
    169. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:18 · typical 0:47
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×4
    173. BeamerBeamer
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×3
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Wind
    179. BlitzBlitz ×2
    180. BeamerBeamer
    181. Wind ×2
    182. Converter
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. Wind ×2
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. Wind
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Wind ×2
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. BeamerBeamer
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. Wind
    197. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (40 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · in 65% 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

2115 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002700521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419201420
7:00626327172288
8:00754835463160
9:00898943264053
10:001056950124780
11:001240355305547
12:001453759886400
13:001690964716999
14:001928772177852
15:002196978788729
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

AinzIsHere

39.6 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
511 metal received · 19813 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1424
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:16 · n=1359
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1657

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