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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2for Beach sea
    2. Windfor Beach sea
    3. Bot LabBot Labfor Beach seadone 0:40 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion ×2
    13. SentrySentry ×3
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. SentrySentry
    19. CenturionCenturion ×2
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Con turretfor Beach sea
    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 (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 · 111 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Windfor Beach sea
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Windfor Beach sea
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind ×2for Beach sea
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Windfor Beach sea
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Windfor Beach sea
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. JanusJanus
    15. PawnPawn ×8
    16. Energy storagefor Beach sea
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. PawnPawn
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Mex
    22. Windfor Beach sea
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Windfor Beach sea
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Con turretfor Beach sea
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. PawnPawn ×11
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. PawnPawn
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:50 · typical 8:53
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. CrossbowCrossbow
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. NettleNettlefor Beach sea
    73. CrossbowCrossbow
    74. PawnPawn
    75. NettleNettlefor Beach sea
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. CrossbowCrossbow
    78. CrossbowCrossbowfor Beach sea
    79. CrossbowCrossbow
    80. CrossbowCrossbowfor Beach sea
    81. CrossbowCrossbow
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. PawnPawn ×3
    85. Windfor Beach sea
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Windfor Beach sea
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    90. Windfor Beach sea
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    93. Windfor Beach sea
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    96. Windfor Beach sea
    97. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    98. Windfor Beach sea
    99. Solar
    100. Windfor Beach sea
    101. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    102. Windfor Beach sea
    103. Solar
    104. Wind ×9for Beach sea
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. Wind ×6for Beach sea
    107. CenturionCenturionfor Beach sea
    108. Wind ×2for Beach sea
    109. CenturionCenturionfor Beach sea
    110. Windfor Beach sea
    111. OverwatchOverwatchfor Beach sea

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (43 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

AinzIsHere

42.6 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1134 metal received · 26528 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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