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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 · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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 0:35–8:13

    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 (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. TickTick
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. TickTick
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. 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 (40%) · 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 · 189 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. TickTick
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. PawnPawn ×5
    13. Energy storage
    14. PawnPawn ×3
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Metal storage
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. SentrySentry
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Con turret
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. SentrySentry
    30. PawnPawn
    31. TrasherTrasher
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×4
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 8:53
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Con turret ×2
    65. Advanced solar
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:59 · typical 0:47
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    72. Energy storage
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Energy storage
    75. BlitzBlitz ×12
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    78. BlitzBlitz ×2
    79. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:14
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. TickTick
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. TickTick
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. TickTick
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. TickTick
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick ×3
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. TickTick
    122. Metal storage
    123. TickTick
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. TickTick
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. TickTick
    133. Con turret
    134. TickTick
    135. Con turret
    136. TracerTracer
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. TickTick
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. TickTick
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. TickTick
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. TickTick
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. TickTick
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Con turret
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. TickTick
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. TickTick
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. TickTick
    169. Con turret
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. TickTick ×3
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. TickTick
    176. Con turret
    177. TickTick
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. TickTick
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    183. TickTick
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. Con turret
    186. TickTick
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. TickTick ×2
    189. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ariah's (43 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Ariah

42.5 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
265 metal received · 47141 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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