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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1031 distinct matches · 138 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1178 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1031 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 0:35–8:09

    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 ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · 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 (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. TickTick ×3for Beach sea
    2. TickTick ×7
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. SentrySentry
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. PawnPawn ×4
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. PawnPawn
  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 · 102 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×3
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 8:54
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×3
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. TickTick
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. TickTick
    47. PawnPawn
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. TickTick
    52. Con turret
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Energy storage
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. PawnPawn
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. TickTick
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. TickTick
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. PawnPawn
    85. TickTick
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. PawnPawn
    97. TickTick
    98. Con turret
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is s0uthy's (38 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1178 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681203819
6:00507621121523
7:00632029742422
8:00763938233347
9:00908346414308
10:001069653295042
11:001262558255692
12:001483963816492
13:001743369777174
14:002016376218077
15:002267783748941
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

s0uthy

38.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
82 metal received · 44612 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:09 · n=746
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=832
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=940

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