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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 142 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · typical 0:48
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. RoverScout
    15. Mex
    16. RoverScout
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. SentrySentry
    23. ShellshockerArty ×2
    24. JanusJanus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. JanusJanus
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. SentrySentry
    29. ShellshockerArty ×2
    30. JanusJanus
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. ShellshockerArty ×3
    34. SentrySentry
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. BlitzBlitz ×3
    41. SentrySentry
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. SentrySentry
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind ×2
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind ×2
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind ×2
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Wind ×2
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Wind ×2
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry ×2
    76. Wind
    77. StoutStout
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Energy storage
    81. Wind
    82. StoutStout
    83. Wind ×2
    84. StoutStout
    85. Wind
    86. StoutStout
    87. Wind ×3
    88. StoutStout
    89. Wind ×2
    90. StoutStout
    91. Wind ×6
    92. StoutStout
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    96. StoutStout
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:11 · typical 8:54
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Converter
    104. StoutStout
    105. Wind ×3
    106. StoutStout
    107. Wind ×4
    108. StoutStout
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    112. StoutStout
    113. Wind ×4
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind ×4
    116. StoutStout
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Con turret
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Wind
    121. StoutStout
    122. Wind ×3
    123. StoutStout
    124. Wind ×2
    125. StoutStout
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. StoutStout
    131. Wind
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. Con turret
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. StoutStout
    137. Wind ×2
    138. StoutStout
    139. Con turret ×2
    140. Wind ×2
    141. StoutStout
    142. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:55 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 · 3 steps
    1. StoutStout
    2. Wind
    3. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (37 OS, 11/09/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

TrollHardGoPro

36.8 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
9 metal received · 20547 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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