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Standard front

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 · 206 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus ×3
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. BlitzBlitz ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Mex
    22. BlitzBlitz ×4
    23. Mex
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Metal storage
    28. BlitzBlitz ×4
    29. Mex
    30. BlitzBlitz ×9
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. JanusJanus ×2
    43. Wind
    44. JanusJanus
    45. Converter
    46. JanusJanus
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. SentrySentry
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Converter
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. NettleNettle
    74. BlitzBlitz ×2
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. BlitzBlitz ×3
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    83. Energy storage
    84. Converter
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02 · typical 8:53
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. SentrySentry
    89. BlitzBlitz ×2
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Converter
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Converter
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz ×3
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Converter
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind ×2
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind ×2
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind ×3
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Wind ×2
    144. RoverScout
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind ×2
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. Wind
    155. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Converter
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. RoverScout
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind ×2
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:07
    167. Wind ×2
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Converter
    175. BlitzBlitz ×2
    176. Wind ×2
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. RoverScout
    179. Wind
    180. BlitzBlitz ×3
    181. Wind
    182. BlitzBlitz ×2
    183. Wind
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz ×4
    187. Converter
    188. BlitzBlitz ×3
    189. Wind
    190. BlitzBlitz ×2
    191. Wind
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. Wind
    194. BlitzBlitz ×3
    195. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    196. BlitzBlitz ×3
    197. Wind ×2
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. RoverScout
    200. Wind
    201. BlitzBlitz ×7
    202. Wind
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. Wind
    205. BlitzBlitz ×5
    206. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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

  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 · 9 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (47 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

Hummell

47.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
429 metal received · 21194 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

Played most by

Hummell102games of this buildWashedGamuer95games of this buildLeohvm86games of this buildXad66games of this buildImmort42games of this build