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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, units trickle out as Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus to hold the wider gap and feed the middle fight, the role's normal job.

#eco · 1810 distinct matches · 266 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2111 · 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 1810 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Mex
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 249 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Con turret
    5. TickTick ×4
    6. Energy storage
    7. TickTick
    8. Energy storage
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Energy storage
    11. TickTick ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. PawnPawn
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. PawnPawn
    40. TickTick
    41. PawnPawn
    42. TickTick
    43. PawnPawn
    44. TickTick
    45. PawnPawn
    46. TickTick
    47. PawnPawn ×3
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. TickTick
    50. PawnPawn ×3
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. TickTick
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. TickTick
    56. PawnPawn ×3
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. TickTick
    59. PawnPawn ×3
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:43 · typical 9:01
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    82. Wind
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Converter
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:51
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PawnPawn ×3
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. TickTick
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret ×2
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. TickTick
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind
    117. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:39 · typical 0:47
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. TickTick
    120. StoutStout
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. StoutStout
    125. TickTick
    126. PawnPawn
    127. StoutStout
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. PawnPawn
    132. StoutStout
    133. TickTick
    134. PawnPawn
    135. StoutStout
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. StoutStout
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. StoutStout
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. TickTick
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Construction BotCon bot
    150. PawnPawn
    151. TickTick
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Construction BotCon bot
    154. PawnPawn
    155. TickTick
    156. PawnPawn ×2
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. Converter
    159. PawnPawn
    160. TickTick
    161. PawnPawn ×2
    162. Construction BotCon bot
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Construction BotCon bot
    167. StoutStout
    168. PawnPawn
    169. TickTick
    170. PawnPawn
    171. StoutStout
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Construction BotCon bot
    174. Converter
    175. StoutStout
    176. PawnPawn
    177. TickTick
    178. PawnPawn
    179. StoutStout
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Construction BotCon bot
    182. StoutStout
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. StoutStout
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. Converter
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. StoutStout
    193. Construction BotCon bot
    194. Wind ×2
    195. StoutStout
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    198. Wind ×2
    199. TickTick
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Wind ×2
    202. PawnPawn
    203. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    204. Wind
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    208. Construction BotCon bot
    209. Wind ×3
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Wind ×2
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind
    214. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:38
    215. PawnPawn
    216. Wind ×2
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Wind
    219. Construction BotCon bot
    220. Converter
    221. Wind
    222. PawnPawn
    223. Wind ×2
    224. PawnPawn
    225. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:33
    226. PawnPawn
    227. Wind ×3
    228. Construction BotCon bot
    229. Wind
    230. Converter
    231. Wind ×5
    232. PawnPawn
    233. Wind
    234. PawnPawn
    235. Converter
    236. Con turret
    237. Wind
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Construction BotCon bot
    240. Wind ×3
    241. Con turret
    242. PawnPawn
    243. Wind
    244. PawnPawn
    245. Wind
    246. Converter
    247. PawnPawn
    248. Con turret
    249. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:24 · in 65% 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

2111 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001618135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503419201420
7:00626327172288
8:00754835463155
9:00899043254047
10:001057350094774
11:001240655265546
12:001454559886397
13:001692064716999
14:001928772177852
15:002195778768724
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

[Grump]_Doni

51.0 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1117 metal received · 87552 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1420
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1357
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1654

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