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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 · 59 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×3
    5. JanusJanusfor Suicide front
    6. Mex ×3
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. JanusJanusfor Suicide front
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanusfor Suicide front
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    15. WhistlerMissile truck ×5
    16. Wind
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Wind
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Wind
    21. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    22. Wind
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Con turret
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Mex
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:08 · typical 8:53
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. WhistlerMissile truck
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. RoverScout
    46. Wind
    47. RoverScout
    48. Wind
    49. RoverScout
    50. Wind
    51. RoverScout ×2
    52. Wind
    53. RoverScout ×6
    54. Con turret
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. RoverScout ×3
    57. Con turret
    58. RoverScout
    59. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:29 · 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 · 158 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. RoverScout
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RoverScout
    8. Wind
    9. RoverScout
    10. Wind
    11. RoverScout
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. RoverScout
    14. Wind
    15. RoverScout
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind
    18. RoverScout
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. RoverScout
    21. Wind
    22. RoverScout ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RoverScout ×3
    25. Wind
    26. RoverScout
    27. Wind
    28. RoverScout
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. RoverScout ×3
    31. Wind
    32. RoverScout
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. RoverScout ×5
    36. Wind
    37. RoverScout
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. RoverScout
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout ×2
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. RoverScout ×6
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. RoverScout
    47. Wind
    48. RoverScout
    49. Wind
    50. RoverScout
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. RoverScout ×2
    54. Wind
    55. RoverScout ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:27
    58. RoverScout ×2
    59. Con turret ×2
    60. Wind
    61. RoverScout
    62. Con turret
    63. RoverScout ×4
    64. Con turret ×2
    65. RoverScout ×3
    66. Wind
    67. RoverScout ×4
    68. Wind
    69. RoverScout
    70. Con turret
    71. RoverScout ×7
    72. PawnPawn
    73. RoverScout ×3
    74. PawnPawn
    75. RoverScout ×2
    76. PawnPawn
    77. RoverScout ×3
    78. PawnPawn
    79. RoverScout
    80. Con turret
    81. RoverScout
    82. Wind
    83. RoverScout ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. RoverScout ×4
    86. PawnPawn
    87. RoverScout ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. RoverScout ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. RoverScout ×5
    93. PawnPawn
    94. RoverScout ×3
    95. PawnPawn
    96. RoverScout
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. RoverScout ×2
    100. PawnPawn
    101. RoverScout ×2
    102. PawnPawn
    103. RoverScout ×2
    104. PawnPawn
    105. RoverScout ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. RoverScout ×2
    109. PawnPawn
    110. RoverScout
    111. PawnPawn
    112. RoverScout ×2
    113. PawnPawn
    114. RoverScout ×2
    115. PawnPawn
    116. RoverScout ×2
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. RoverScout ×2
    120. PawnPawn
    121. RoverScout ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. RoverScout ×2
    124. PawnPawn
    125. RoverScout ×3
    126. PawnPawn
    127. RoverScout ×2
    128. PawnPawn
    129. RoverScout ×4
    130. PawnPawn
    131. RoverScout
    132. Wind
    133. RoverScout
    134. PawnPawn
    135. RoverScout ×2
    136. PawnPawn
    137. RoverScout ×3
    138. PawnPawn
    139. RoverScout ×2
    140. PawnPawn
    141. RoverScout ×3
    142. PawnPawn
    143. RoverScout ×2
    144. PawnPawn
    145. RoverScout ×3
    146. PawnPawn
    147. RoverScout
    148. CenturionCenturion
    149. RoverScout ×2
    150. Wind
    151. RoverScout ×3
    152. CenturionCenturion
    153. RoverScout ×5
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. RoverScout ×5
    156. CenturionCenturion
    157. RoverScout ×5
    158. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 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

TrapCaT

42.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
33 metal received · 27669 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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