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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 0:48
  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. RoverScout
    2. Mex
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind ×2
    5. RoverScout
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. RoverScout ×3
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus
    15. StoutStout
    16. Mex
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Mex
    21. JanusJanus
    22. StoutStout
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. JanusJanus
    26. SentrySentry
    27. JanusJanus
    28. SentrySentry
    29. StoutStout
  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 · 79 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. JanusJanus ×2
    4. StoutStout
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. BlitzBlitz ×4
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. StoutStout
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. BlitzBlitz ×4
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. StoutStout
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. BlitzBlitz ×4
    19. JanusJanus ×2
    20. Mex
    21. StoutStout
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. SentrySentry
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:49 · typical 8:54
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Mex
    36. Wind
    37. NettleNettle
    38. JanusJanus
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. JanusJanus
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. NettleNettle
    48. StoutStout
    49. SentrySentry
    50. WhistlerMissile truck
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. JanusJanus
    56. Wind
    57. JanusJanus
    58. Wind
    59. StoutStout
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz ×2
    62. WhistlerMissile truck
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. BlitzBlitz ×2
    66. Wind
    67. JanusJanus
    68. Wind
    69. JanusJanus
    70. StoutStout
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lincrono's (39 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

Lincrono

38.9 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
162 metal received · 14284 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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