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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 · 140 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:46 · typical 0:48
    3. RoverScout
    4. RoverScoutfor Pond
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus ×2
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. SentrySentry
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Wind
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Wind
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. JanusJanus
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. Con turret
    39. JanusJanus ×3
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. JanusJanus
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. JanusJanus
    44. Wind ×2
    45. JanusJanus
    46. Wind
    47. Mex
    48. JanusJanus
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:26 · typical 8:53
    51. JanusJanus
    52. Wind
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×3
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Con turret
    61. BlitzBlitz ×2
    62. SentrySentry
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    66. RoverScout ×2
    67. Wind
    68. RoverScout
    69. Wind
    70. RoverScout ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. RoverScout ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. RoverScout
    77. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    78. RoverScout ×3
    79. Wind
    80. RoverScout ×5
    81. Wind
    82. RoverScout ×2
    83. Wind
    84. RoverScout ×2
    85. Wind
    86. RoverScout
    87. Con turret
    88. RoverScout ×2
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. RoverScout
    91. Con turret
    92. RoverScout ×8
    93. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    94. RoverScout ×2
    95. Wind
    96. RoverScout
    97. Wind
    98. RoverScout ×2
    99. Wind
    100. RoverScout
    101. Wind
    102. RoverScout ×2
    103. Wind
    104. RoverScout
    105. Wind
    106. RoverScout ×4
    107. Wind
    108. RoverScout
    109. Wind
    110. RoverScout ×2
    111. Wind
    112. RoverScout
    113. Wind
    114. RoverScout ×2
    115. Wind
    116. RoverScout ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. RoverScout
    120. Wind
    121. RoverScout
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. RoverScout ×2
    125. Wind
    126. RoverScout ×2
    127. Wind
    128. RoverScout ×2
    129. Wind
    130. RoverScout
    131. Wind
    132. RoverScout ×2
    133. Wind
    134. RoverScout
    135. Wind
    136. RoverScout ×2
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Wind
    139. RoverScout
    140. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:40 · 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 · 61 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RoverScout ×3
    3. TickTick
    4. RoverScout
    5. TickTick
    6. RoverScout
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick
    9. RoverScout
    10. TickTick
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:12
    12. RoverScout
    13. TickTick
    14. RoverScout
    15. TickTick
    16. RoverScout
    17. TickTick
    18. RoverScout
    19. TickTick
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. RoverScout
    22. TickTick
    23. RoverScout
    24. TickTick
    25. RoverScout
    26. TickTick
    27. RoverScout
    28. TickTick
    29. RoverScout
    30. TickTick
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. TickTick
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Con turret
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. TickTick
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. TickTick
    43. SentrySentry
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Converter
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Con turret
    48. TickTick
    49. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. TickTick
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. TickTick
    57. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 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

0neTw0

41.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 14501 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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