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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 · 37 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    37. 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 · 205 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×5
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind ×2
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind ×2
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Converter
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×2
    42. SentrySentry
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. Wind
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Converter
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. SentrySentry
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Converter
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. SentrySentry
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind ×2
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:40 · typical 8:53
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Con turret
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Converter
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Converter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×3
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. TickTick
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Energy storage
    149. TickTick ×8
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick ×3
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×4
    156. Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:04
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick
    165. Converter
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. Wind
    170. SentrySentry
    171. TickTick
    172. Converter
    173. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    174. Con turret
    175. TickTick
    176. WelderWelder
    177. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    178. Wind
    179. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    180. TickTick
    181. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    182. SentrySentry
    183. Converter
    184. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    185. Wind
    186. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    187. Wind
    188. Con turret
    189. TickTick
    190. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    191. Wind ×2
    192. TickTick
    193. SentrySentry
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick
    198. Wind
    199. WelderWelder
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. SentrySentry
    204. Converter
    205. 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 ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 27793 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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