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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Mex ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. TickTick
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick
    33. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    34. Metal storage
    35. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 247 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:43 · typical 8:53
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Energy storage
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind ×3
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×4
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind ×5
    16. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×4
    37. TickTick
    38. Energy storage ×2
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced solar
    44. Wind ×5
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:48 · typical 0:47
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Energy storage
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind ×2
    59. GroundhogGroundhog ×2
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Wind ×3
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Light MineLight Mine
    76. Wind
    77. Light MineLight Mine
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Light MineLight Mine
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Light MineLight Mine
    91. Wind
    92. Light MineLight Mine
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. Light MineLight Mine
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Light MineLight Mine
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Light MineLight Mine
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    106. Construction BotCon bot
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    110. Construction BotCon bot
    111. Con turret
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. Light MineLight Mine
    115. TickTick
    116. Light MineLight Mine
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. TickTick
    122. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    123. TickTick
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. Light MineLight Mine
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick
    131. Light MineLight Mine
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Light MineLight Mine
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. Light MineLight Mine
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Light MineLight Mine
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. TickTick
    147. Light MineLight Mine
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. TickTick
    150. Light MineLight Mine
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. Con turret
    154. Light MineLight Mine
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. Light MineLight Mine
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. TickTick
    161. Light MineLight Mine
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. Light MineLight Mine
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. TickTick
    168. Light MineLight Mine
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. Wind
    171. LazarusLazarus
    172. Light MineLight Mine
    173. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:04
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind
    176. Light MineLight Mine
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. Light MineLight Mine
    180. LazarusLazarus
    181. Light MineLight Mine
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. Wind
    184. LazarusLazarus
    185. Light MineLight Mine
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. Light MineLight Mine
    188. TickTick
    189. BlinkScout plane
    190. Light MineLight Mine
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick
    193. Light MineLight Mine
    194. Wind ×2
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. TickTick
    197. BlinkScout plane
    198. Light MineLight Mine
    199. TickTick
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. TickTick
    202. Light MineLight Mine
    203. Wind
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick
    206. BlinkScout plane
    207. Wind
    208. Light MineLight Mine
    209. TickTick
    210. Light MineLight Mine
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick ×2
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. Light MineLight Mine
    216. Wind
    217. BlinkScout plane
    218. Light MineLight Mine
    219. TickTick
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. Wind
    222. Advanced solar
    223. TickTick
    224. Wind
    225. Light MineLight Mine
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. TickTick
    228. Light MineLight Mine
    229. BlinkScout plane
    230. Con turret
    231. TickTick
    232. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    233. Light MineLight Mine
    234. Wind ×2
    235. Light MineLight Mine
    236. Wind
    237. BlinkScout plane
    238. TickTick
    239. BlitzBlitz
    240. Advanced solar
    241. TickTick
    242. Light MineLight Mine
    243. Wind
    244. Light MineLight Mine
    245. BlitzBlitz
    246. TickTick
    247. Wind ×2

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

Ariah

42.5 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
208 metal received · 19267 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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