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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alphacure's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

Alphacure

36.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
168 metal received · 36730 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

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