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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 · 177 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScoutfor Pond
    5. RoverScout
    6. RoverScout ×3for Pond
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. JanusJanus ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz ×4
    21. Mex
    22. BlitzBlitz ×3
    23. Mex
    24. BlitzBlitz ×6
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Energy storage
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Con turret
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind ×3
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:05 · typical 8:53
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. BlitzBlitz ×4
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×4
    73. BlitzBlitz ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. Converter
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. NettleNettle
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:29
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind ×2
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Converter
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. RoverScout ×3
    142. Con turret
    143. RoverScout ×5
    144. Con turret
    145. RoverScout ×2
    146. Wind
    147. RoverScout ×3
    148. Con turret
    149. Converter
    150. RoverScout ×4
    151. VeilVeil
    152. Wind
    153. RoverScout
    154. Con turret
    155. RoverScout
    156. Energy storage
    157. Wind
    158. RoverScout ×7
    159. Con turret
    160. RoverScout ×4
    161. Converter
    162. RoverScout ×2
    163. Con turret
    164. RoverScout
    165. Wind
    166. RoverScout ×3
    167. Con turret
    168. RoverScout ×9
    169. Wind
    170. RoverScout ×8
    171. Converter
    172. PulsarPulsardone 13:45
    173. RoverScout ×3
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. RoverScout ×7
    177. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:06 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. ArbalestArbalest
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout ×6
    6. Wind
    7. RoverScout ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RoverScout ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. RoverScout
    12. Wind
    13. RoverScout ×3
    14. Wind ×2
    15. RoverScout
    16. ArbalestArbalest
    17. RoverScout ×7
    18. Wind
    19. RoverScout ×3
    20. Wind
    21. RoverScout ×2
    22. Wind
    23. RoverScout ×9
    24. Con turret
    25. RoverScout ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RoverScout
    28. Wind
    29. RoverScout
    30. Con turret
    31. RoverScout ×2
    32. ArbalestArbalest
    33. RoverScout
    34. Con turret
    35. RoverScout ×3
    36. Con turret
    37. RoverScout ×4
    38. Con turret

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

Hummell

47.2 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

51 received units · includes a constructor
262 metal received · 119472 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

Played most by

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