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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 1:08 · typical 0:48
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. RoverScout ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RoverScout
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz ×3
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. SentrySentry
    21. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Wind
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind ×5
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. ShellshockerArty
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Wind
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:03 · typical 8:54
    40. Energy storage
    41. Con turret
    42. Mex
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Con turret
    45. Mex
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:20 · 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 (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hainTsu's (36 OS, 13/08/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

35.9 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
4 metal received · 33402 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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