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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 · 111 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout
    7. Mex
    8. RoverScout ×4
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. BlitzBlitz ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. BlitzBlitz ×8
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Mex
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2
    25. Energy storage
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind ×2
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×3
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind ×2
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind ×2
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Wind ×5
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Wind ×2
    53. WhistlerMissile truck
    54. Wind ×3
    55. WhistlerMissile truck
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. WhistlerMissile truck
    60. Mex
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Converter
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Converter
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Mex
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Converter
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. Converter
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Mex
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Converter
    90. BlitzBlitz ×2
    91. Converter
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Converter
    94. BlitzBlitz ×3
    95. Converter
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:42 · typical 8:53
    100. Converter
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Con turret
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    105. Con turret ×2
    106. Advanced solar
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Advanced solar ×3
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Advanced solar ×2
    111. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:22 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:53
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. JunoJuno
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (62 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

_Hawkey_

62.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
74 metal received · 22079 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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