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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. TickTick
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Con turret
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Energy storage
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    29. TickTick
    30. 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 (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 · 179 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Con turret
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    5. TickTick
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×4
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×4
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. SentrySentry
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. TickTick ×4
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×4
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. TickTick
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:58 · typical 8:54
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Mex
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Con turret
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×4
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Con turret
    82. FerretFerret
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind ×3
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. TickTick
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind ×2
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind ×2
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. CrossbowCrossbow
    118. Wind ×2
    119. CrossbowCrossbow
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    124. Wind ×2
    125. CrossbowCrossbow
    126. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:14 · typical 0:48
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Con turret
    137. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:39
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    140. PawnPawn
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    148. BlitzBlitz ×2
    149. CrossbowCrossbow
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. CrossbowCrossbow
    153. Wind
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. CrossbowCrossbow
    156. BlitzBlitz ×2
    157. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    158. BlitzBlitz ×2
    159. Wind ×2
    160. BlitzBlitz ×2
    161. BeamerBeamer
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz ×3
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz ×6
    166. Wind
    167. BlitzBlitz ×4
    168. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. Wind
    171. Con turret
    172. BlitzBlitz ×3
    173. Con turret
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz ×4
    176. Con turret
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Wind
    179. BlitzBlitz ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hainTsu's (37 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

hainTsu

36.8 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
12 metal received · 18707 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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