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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (41%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. TickTick
    13. Mex
    14. TickTick
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    35. Con turret
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Mex
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 184 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:18 · typical 0:47
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. BlitzBlitz ×8
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 8:53
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. SentrySentry
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. SentrySentry
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Con turret
    30. BlitzBlitz ×4
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Energy storage
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz ×2
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind ×9
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Advanced solar
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×3
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced solar
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Advanced solar
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Energy storage
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind ×3
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Advanced solar
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind ×2
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced solar
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Advanced solar
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz ×2
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Con turret
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Converter
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Converter
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Converter
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:01
    142. Converter
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Pit BullPit Bull
    148. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. EelSubmarinedone 14:31
    157. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Wind
    166. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    167. Converter
    168. EelSubmarine
    169. Wind
    170. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    171. Converter
    172. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    173. Wind
    174. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    175. Con turret
    176. EelSubmarine
    177. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. Metal storage
    181. Wind
    182. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    183. EelSubmarine
    184. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (47 OS, 09/10/2026); 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

Erilium

46.6 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
256 metal received · 45595 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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