BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Front / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, army is a mix of Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus sent to hold the wider gap and then push into middle with the ally, scaling into an Advanced Metal…

#eco · 1821 distinct matches · 269 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2122 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 7:43

  1. Open mex and wind, drop Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately.
  2. Pump Blitz, Rocketeer and Pawn to the coast to stop leaks first.
  3. Add Centurion and Janus once first units are moving up.
  4. Form units into a line pushing toward middle as numbers grow.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transition kicks in.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1821 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
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:57

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 73 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:37 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RoverScout ×3
    6. Wind
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry ×3
    19. JanusJanus
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. OverwatchOverwatch
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    31. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. BlitzBlitz ×3
    37. Con turret
    38. SentrySentry ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. Energy storage
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Con turret
    43. SentrySentry
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Con turret
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Mex
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Con turret
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind
    70. Mex
    71. Wind
    72. Mex
    73. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:40 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · Radar Tower (32%) · con vehicle (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×3
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Con turret
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. PawnPawn
    25. SentrySentry
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (36 OS, 16/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:25 · in 65% 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

2122 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008422131
3:001619135108
4:002699521333
5:0038461123782
6:00503119181420
7:00625827142290
8:00754335453155
9:00898743244047
10:001056450114783
11:001239855285548
12:001453659826401
13:001690364707001
14:001927572057856
15:002195378758733
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than Suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00 while losing less of it.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22627 by 15:00, well above Suicide front's 20142.
  • + Own metal lost is 8944 by 15:00, lower than enemy metal destroyed ratio of Suicide front.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:43, showing exposure despite the safer position.
  • − Blitz dominates army share at 25%, leaving fewer Centurion for anti-swarm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Lexosis

36.1 OS · 16/10/2026

Open source match ↗

30 received units
439 metal received · 24991 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1430
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:18 · n=1363
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1660

Played most by

haaven109games of this buildHummell108games of this buildLeohvm97games of this buildTheGeneraI77games of this buildXad69games of this build