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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Geo
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Windfor Geo
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. TickTick
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Windfor Geo
    21. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. 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 · 121 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Windfor Geo
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Windfor Geo
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 9:01 · typical 8:53
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Windfor Geo
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Con turretfor Geo
    30. Converterfor Geo sea
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×2for Geo
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. Converterfor Geo sea
    37. Windfor Geo
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Windfor Geo
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Geo sea
    45. Converterfor Geo sea
    46. Windfor Geo
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Geo sea
    48. Windfor Geo
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Geo sea
    50. Windfor Geo
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Windfor Geo
    53. Converterfor Geo sea
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Windfor Geo
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Windfor Geo
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Windfor Geo
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Windfor Geo
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converterfor Geo sea
    65. Windfor Geo
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Con turret
    68. Windfor Geo
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Windfor Geo
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Windfor Geo
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Windfor Geo
    78. Con turret
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Converterfor Geo sea
    81. Windfor Geo
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Windfor Geo
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Windfor Geo
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Windfor Geo
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Converterfor Geo sea
    90. Windfor Geo
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2for Geo sea
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Geo sea
    95. Windfor Geo
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. Windfor Geo
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Geo sea
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Windfor Geo
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Windfor Geo
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Con turretfor Geo
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Converterfor Geo sea
    109. Windfor Geo
    110. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    111. Con turretfor Geo
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Windfor Geo
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Geo sea
    115. Windfor Geo
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. BeamerBeamer
    118. Windfor Geo
    119. Converterfor Geo sea
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Windfor Geo

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

Erilium

46.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
484 metal received · 15181 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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