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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 0:35–8:32

    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
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. Mex
    12. TickTick
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    23. Mex
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 267 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 8:54
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. HarpoonHarpoon
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Con turret
    31. Energy storage
    32. Mex
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. PawnPawn ×4
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Con turret
    56. Converter
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Mex
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Converter
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Con turret
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. TickTick
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Con turret
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. TickTick
    77. SentrySentry
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:35 · typical 0:48
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Converter
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Con turret
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick
    102. SentrySentry
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. SentrySentry
    108. TickTick ×3
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick ×6
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. TickTick
    117. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    120. TickTick
    121. Con turret
    122. TickTick
    123. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick
    131. Con turret
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. TickTick ×6
    134. Solar
    135. TickTick ×3
    136. Solar
    137. Con turret
    138. TickTick ×3
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. StoutStout
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. Con turret ×2
    146. TickTick
    147. StoutStout
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. StoutStout
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. StoutStout
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Wind ×2
    157. StoutStout
    158. TickTick
    159. Con turret
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. StoutStout
    165. TickTick
    166. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:32
    167. Wind ×2
    168. StoutStout
    169. TickTick
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. Solar
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 13:32
    179. StoutStout
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Solar
    183. Wind ×2
    184. Solar
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    188. StoutStout
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Mex
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick
    197. StoutStout
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Mex
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind ×3
    204. StoutStout
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind ×3
    209. TickTick
    210. Converter
    211. Wind
    212. StoutStout
    213. TickTick
    214. Wind
    215. Solar
    216. Wind ×2
    217. StoutStout
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick
    221. Solar
    222. Wind
    223. Solar
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick
    226. StoutStout
    227. Wind ×2
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind ×2
    230. TickTick
    231. Wind ×2
    232. StoutStout
    233. TickTick
    234. Wind
    235. StoutStout
    236. TickTick
    237. Advanced solar
    238. TickTick
    239. Wind
    240. TickTick
    241. StoutStout
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick
    244. Wind
    245. TickTick
    246. StoutStout
    247. TickTick ×2
    248. Wind
    249. StoutStout
    250. TickTick
    251. Wind
    252. TickTick
    253. Advanced solar
    254. StoutStout
    255. TickTick ×3
    256. Converter
    257. TickTick
    258. StoutStout
    259. TickTick ×2
    260. StoutStout
    261. TickTick
    262. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    263. Wind
    264. TickTick
    265. StoutStout
    266. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    267. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [APM]Sanae_Kochiya's (54 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

[APM]Sanae_Kochiya

53.5 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
3318 metal received · 38408 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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