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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, transitioning into the usual Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus mix to contest middle and hold the wider gap.

#eco · 1060 distinct matches · 140 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1210 · 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 1060 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 0:35–8:31

    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 0:45 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. HarpoonHarpoon
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Mexfor Beach sea
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. HarpoonHarpoon
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. 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%) · 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 · 202 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. TickTick
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. Converter
    21. TickTick ×4
    22. Energy storage
    23. TickTick
    24. AnemoneAnemone
    25. Converter
    26. Energy storage
    27. TickTick
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:23 · typical 8:53
    29. TickTick
    30. Energy storage
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick
    33. HarpoonHarpoon
    34. Converter
    35. HarpoonHarpoon
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. Converter
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. AnemoneAnemone
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:42
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. HarpoonHarpoon
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. AnemoneAnemone
    70. Converter
    71. TickTick
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. AnemoneAnemone
    86. Converter
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×3
    92. TickTick
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. PawnPawn ×3
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. BeholderBeholder
    100. PawnPawn ×3
    101. TickTick
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. PawnPawn ×3
    104. TickTick
    105. Con turret
    106. Construction BotCon bot
    107. Converter
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Con turret
    112. AnemoneAnemone
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. Con turret
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:30
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Converter
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Wind
    132. HarpoonHarpoon
    133. TickTick
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. PawnPawn
    137. HarpoonHarpoon
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×4
    141. TickTick
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×3
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×3
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Construction BotCon bot
    153. PawnPawn ×4
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn ×2
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×3
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. TickTick
    167. Construction BotCon bot
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn ×2
    171. Converter
    172. PawnPawn ×3
    173. TickTick
    174. Construction BotCon bot
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn ×5
    178. TickTick
    179. Construction BotCon bot
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×5
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Construction BotCon bot
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. AnemoneAnemone
    189. PawnPawn ×4
    190. Converter
    191. PawnPawn
    192. TickTick
    193. Construction BotCon bot
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    196. PawnPawn ×5
    197. TickTick
    198. Construction BotCon bot
    199. PawnPawn ×5
    200. TickTick
    201. Construction BotCon bot
    202. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1210 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008492131
3:001625141105
4:002712541333
5:0038591200817
6:00506521051522
7:00631329672419
8:00763738143332
9:00908346244274
10:001069652935006
11:001262557855683
12:001484563526488
13:001744469777174
14:002017276238083
15:002273283908949
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

[Grump]_Doni

51.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
405 metal received · 21446 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:31 · n=768
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:39–0:58 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=970

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