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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up immediately, units trickle to the coast and middle, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00 as the eco transition.

#eco · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 0:33–0:56

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Mex
    4. Solar
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:06 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

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

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. TickTick ×3
    8. Mex
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. OverwatchOverwatch
    21. Wind ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. 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 (45%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (37%) · Radar Tower (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 77 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    40. LazarusLazarus ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Energy storage
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Wind
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Wind ×2
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind ×2
    59. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    60. Wind ×2
    61. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    64. SentrySentry ×2
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    69. Mex
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    72. RocketeerRocketeer
    73. Mex
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    76. Mex
    77. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ArmoredArmadillo's (30 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 7:24 · in 64% 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

ArmoredArmadillo

30.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units
437 metal received · 11323 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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