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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 · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. SentrySentry ×2
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. LazarusLazarus ×3
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 191 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    2. Mex
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:17 · typical 8:53
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×3
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind ×3
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×5
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Converter
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Wind ×2
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Energy storage
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Advanced solar
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. SentrySentry
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. SentrySentry
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Advanced solar
    102. Converter
    103. SentrySentry
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced solar
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:57
    111. Wind ×3
    112. Advanced solar
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Energy storage
    119. Wind ×6
    120. PlatypusPlatypus
    121. Advanced solar
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Converter
    125. PlatypusPlatypus
    126. Wind ×4
    127. PlatypusPlatypus
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. PlatypusPlatypus
    131. Wind
    132. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:00
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Con turret
    136. Wind ×2
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. PlatypusPlatypus
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. PlatypusPlatypus
    148. Converter
    149. Wind ×2
    150. PlatypusPlatypus
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. PlatypusPlatypus
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. PlatypusPlatypus
    158. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 13:41
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    161. Converter
    162. PlatypusPlatypus
    163. Wind ×3
    164. PlatypusPlatypus
    165. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    166. Wind
    167. PlatypusPlatypus
    168. Wind
    169. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    170. Wind
    171. PlatypusPlatypus
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×2
    177. PlatypusPlatypus
    178. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    179. Wind
    180. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    181. Wind ×4
    182. PlatypusPlatypus
    183. Wind ×2
    184. PlatypusPlatypus
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×2
    187. PlatypusPlatypus
    188. Wind ×2
    189. Converter
    190. PlatypusPlatypus
    191. Wind

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
301 metal received · 19496 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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