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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 · 102 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. JanusJanus ×2
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus
    15. BlitzBlitz ×2
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. Con turret
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    19. BlitzBlitz ×4
    20. Mex
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Mex
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. BlitzBlitz ×6
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. BlitzBlitz ×6
    41. Metal storage
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Converter
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Con turret
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Con turret
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind ×2
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Converter
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind ×4
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 8:53
    99. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    100. SentrySentry ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    102. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:35 · 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 · 62 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. TickTick ×6
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. TickTick ×6
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. TickTick ×12
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:45
    8. TickTick ×8
    9. Converter
    10. Pit BullPit Bull
    11. TickTick ×10
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×14
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. TickTick
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. TickTick
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. TickTick
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind ×2
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind ×3
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×2
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind ×3
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Energy storage
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind ×2
    62. LazarusLazarus

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 ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
1942 metal received · 18586 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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