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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 · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Mex
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. LazarusLazarus ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (40%) · 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 · 95 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. Con turret
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Con turret
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Con turret
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. PawnPawn
    31. ThugThug
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Energy storage
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. SentrySentry
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Converter
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Converter
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Converter
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. Converter
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. SentrySentry
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Converter
    66. SentrySentry
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Converter
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. ChainsawChainsaw
    85. Mex
    86. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:47
    87. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    88. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    89. Mex
    90. Wind
    91. Mex
    92. SentrySentry ×2
    93. Wind
    94. SentrySentry
    95. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (47 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Erilium

47.4 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

25 received units
10 metal received · 26447 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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