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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 · 77 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:48
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex ×2
    10. JanusJanus
    11. RoverScout ×4for Geo
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind ×2
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Mex
    23. Energy storage
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Con turret
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Con turret
    28. BlitzBlitz ×2
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Mex
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 5:42
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. Wind
    52. OspreyHeavy transport
    53. Wind
    54. BlinkScout plane
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. Wind ×8
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:59
    58. Con turret
    59. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    60. Con turret
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:25 · typical 8:53
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Mex
    64. Wind ×7
    65. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:07
    66. Twilight
    67. Con turret
    68. Mex
    69. OspreyHeavy transport
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. BlinkScout plane
    73. Wind
    74. StorkLight transport
    75. Wind
    76. StorkLight transport
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:00 · 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 · 55 steps
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:09
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×5
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn ×5
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×5
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn ×4
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×4
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×16
    18. Con turret
    19. PawnPawn ×3
    20. Con turret ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Towerfor Geo sea
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:40
    33. Wind
    34. StormbringerBomber ×3
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Con turret
    37. StormbringerBomber
    38. Con turret
    39. StormbringerBomber
    40. Wind ×3
    41. StormbringerBomber ×3
    42. Wind
    43. StormbringerBomber ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:44
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    48. Wind
    49. StormbringerBomber
    50. Wind
    51. GremlinStealth tank ×2
    52. Wind
    53. GremlinStealth tank ×6
    54. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    55. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is WashedGamuer's (43 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

WashedGamuer

43.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
42 metal received · 36783 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

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