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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:48
  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 · 18 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. JanusJanus
    3. Mex
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Mex ×2
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. WhistlerMissile truck ×5
    14. Wind ×2
    15. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    16. Wind
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. 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 · 193 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck
    2. Wind
    3. WhistlerMissile truck
    4. Wind
    5. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    6. Wind
    7. WhistlerMissile truck
    8. Con turret
    9. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    10. BlitzBlitz ×4
    11. Energy storage
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:08 · typical 8:53
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. Con turret
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Energy storage
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Converter
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Converter
    77. BlitzBlitz ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Converter
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. SentrySentry
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. SentrySentry
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. SentrySentry
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2
    114. SentrySentry
    115. BlitzBlitz ×8
    116. SentrySentry
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind ×2
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind ×2
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2
    144. Wind ×2
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Converter
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Converter
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. Con turret
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. Wind
    173. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    174. Wind
    175. Con turret
    176. Converter
    177. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Con turret ×2
    180. Converter
    181. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    182. Wind
    183. Con turret
    184. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz ×2
    187. Con turret
    188. Wind
    189. Con turret
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. Wind
    192. Con turret
    193. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 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

TrapCaT

42.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
47 metal received · 120739 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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