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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 · 1137 distinct matches · 143 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1296 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:48

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab and vehicle plant together.
  2. Finish vehicle plant and begin Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus mix.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Janus or Centurion once first units are out, then form up as a line.
  5. Push T2 constructor out once the line holds middle.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1137 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 0:36–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. JanusJanus ×2
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    20. JanusJanus
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. JanusJanus
    23. SentrySentry
    24. ShellshockerArty
  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 (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 70 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Solar
    4. ShellshockerArty ×2
    5. Solar
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. ShellshockerArty
    8. SentrySentry
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. BlitzBlitz ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Con turret
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Solar
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:15 · typical 8:53
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Mex
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind ×2
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind ×3
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind ×7
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    35. Con turret
    36. SentrySentry ×2
    37. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Con turret
    43. AnemoneAnemone
    44. Advanced solar ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. AnemoneAnemone
    48. Con turret
    49. Advanced solar
    50. Con turret
    51. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:41
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Advanced solar
    54. Con turret
    55. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:00
    56. Advanced solar ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. BlitzBlitz ×4
    59. Con turret
    60. BlitzBlitz ×16
    61. NettleNettle
    62. BlitzBlitz ×5
    63. NettleNettle
    64. BlitzBlitz ×4
    65. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:58
    66. BlitzBlitz ×12
    67. AnemoneAnemone
    68. BlitzBlitz ×8
    69. AnemoneAnemone
    70. BlitzBlitz ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is IcouldbeToxic's (36 OS, 07/10/2026); 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 7:16 · 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

1296 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001621143105
4:002707545333
5:0038531202813
6:00505920881516
7:00630929452448
8:00763537953332
9:00907846214252
10:001068352874979
11:001261557855647
12:001483963506479
13:001741969627188
14:002017276078094
15:002269483658973
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard economy-first Front play, winning slightly more than suicide front at 63% with a bigger metal lead by 15:00.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22704 by 15:00, highest of the two front roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays lower relative to produced, 8967 vs 22704 by 15:00.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:44, same as suicide front despite safer position.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

IcouldbeToxic

36.2 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
287 metal received · 18630 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:36–8:32 · n=819
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=917
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–9:59 · n=1035

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