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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, army is a mix of Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus sent to hold the wider gap and then push into middle with the ally, scaling into an Advanced Metal…

#eco · 1821 distinct matches · 269 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2122 · 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 1821 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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. NettleNettle
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced solar
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    31. Wind
    32. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:45 · typical 0:47
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Energy storage
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
  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 · 66 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Advanced solar
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. PawnPawn
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Con turret
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. NettleNettle
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. PawnPawn
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Converter
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Converter
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Converter
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Converter
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Converter
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Converter
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Converter
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Converter
    61. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:49
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Mex
    64. BlitzBlitz ×5
    65. Mex
    66. BlitzBlitz ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xiaoyangdhhh's (30 OS, 16/10/2026); 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 7:25 · 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

2122 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503119181420
7:00625827142290
8:00754335453155
9:00898743244047
10:001056450114783
11:001239855285548
12:001453659826401
13:001690364707001
14:001927572057856
15:002195378758733
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

xiaoyangdhhh

30.3 OS · 16/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
330 metal received · 12297 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=1430
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:18 · n=1363
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1660

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