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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 · 1019 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1164 · 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 1019 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 0:35–8:28

    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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:56 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Con turret
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Energy storage
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. 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 (39%) · blitz (38%) · Lazarus (36%) · pawn (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 291 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Con turret
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Con turret
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. NettleNettle
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. GauntletGauntletdone 7:15
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus ×2
    26. Wind ×3
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. TickTick
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. TickTick
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. TickTick
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. TickTick
    52. Con turret
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. TickTick
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×4
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. TickTick
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    73. Wind
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Wind ×2
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind ×2
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. LazarusLazarus
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:04 · typical 8:54
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Converter
    108. GauntletGauntlet
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    110. Construction BotCon bot
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. TickTick
    116. Mex
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. Wind
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    127. TickTick
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    129. TickTick
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. TickTick
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:03
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. Wind ×2
    140. TickTick
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. Converter
    156. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    157. TickTick ×4
    158. PawnPawn
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. LazarusLazarus
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. Con turret
    170. LazarusLazarus
    171. Wind
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. Con turret
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind ×2
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind ×2
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. Metal storage
    190. Wind ×3
    191. LazarusLazarus
    192. Wind
    193. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    194. Con turret
    195. Wind ×2
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. Wind
    198. Con turret
    199. Converter
    200. Wind
    201. Con turret
    202. Wind
    203. LazarusLazarus
    204. Wind ×2
    205. LazarusLazarus
    206. Wind ×2
    207. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    208. TickTick ×2
    209. Wind
    210. Con turret
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind
    214. PawnPawn
    215. TickTick
    216. Wind
    217. TickTick
    218. Converter
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick
    221. PawnPawn
    222. Wind
    223. Con turret
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick ×2
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick
    228. Wind
    229. PawnPawn
    230. TickTick ×2
    231. TracerTracer
    232. TickTick
    233. Con turret
    234. Wind ×2
    235. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 14:18
    236. PawnPawn
    237. Con turret
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick
    240. Con turret
    241. Converter
    242. Wind
    243. Con turret
    244. TickTick
    245. Con turret
    246. TickTick
    247. Wind
    248. Con turret
    249. Wind
    250. CrocodileCrocodile
    251. Con turret ×2
    252. PawnPawn
    253. Wind
    254. Con turret
    255. Wind
    256. Con turret
    257. CrocodileCrocodile
    258. Wind
    259. TickTick
    260. Wind
    261. Con turret
    262. CrocodileCrocodile
    263. TickTick
    264. Wind
    265. TickTick
    266. Wind
    267. CrocodileCrocodile
    268. PawnPawn
    269. Wind
    270. TickTick
    271. CrocodileCrocodile
    272. Wind ×2
    273. TickTick
    274. Converter
    275. Con turret
    276. CrocodileCrocodile
    277. TickTick
    278. Con turret
    279. Wind ×2
    280. PawnPawn
    281. CrocodileCrocodile
    282. Con turret
    283. ChainsawChainsaw
    284. Wind
    285. TickTick
    286. CrocodileCrocodile
    287. TickTick
    288. Wind ×2
    289. Con turret
    290. TickTick
    291. CrocodileCrocodile

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (40 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

1164 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002717543333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830082441
8:00765038673358
9:00908646854311
10:001069753455046
11:001262558335699
12:001484563906497
13:001744970097188
14:002018476238083
15:002274883768941
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

[MooDeng]NongJohn

39.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
356 metal received · 31511 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:28 · n=736
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=826
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=930

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