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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 · 1019 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1164 · 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 1019 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 0:35–8:28

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 65 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×4
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus ×2
    13. Mex
    14. StoutStout
    15. Mex
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Mex
    19. WhistlerMissile truckfor Suicide front
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truckfor Suicide front
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. WhistlerMissile truckfor Suicide front
    26. SentrySentry
    27. WhistlerMissile truckfor Suicide front
    28. Wind
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. WhistlerMissile truckfor Suicide front
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. SentrySentry
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Energy storage
    43. Wind
    44. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz ×2
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Con turret
    55. Advanced solar
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Mex
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz ×2
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz ×6
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×3
    65. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:54 · 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%) · Lazarus (36%) · pawn (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 160 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. NettleNettle
    7. Wind ×2
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. BeholderBeholder
    22. Wind ×2
    23. BeholderBeholder
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Converter
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Mex
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Mex
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. PawnPawn
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. Wind ×2
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Wind
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind ×2
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:31
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:06 · typical 8:54
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Con turret
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. Con turret
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. PlatypusPlatypus
    121. TickTick
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    123. PlatypusPlatypus
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. PlatypusPlatypus
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. TickTick
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. Wind
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. TickTick
    135. PlatypusPlatypus
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. TickTick
    138. PlatypusPlatypus
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. PlatypusPlatypus
    143. TickTick
    144. PlatypusPlatypus
    145. TickTick
    146. PlatypusPlatypus
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. PlatypusPlatypus
    150. TickTick
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    152. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    153. TickTick
    154. PlatypusPlatypus
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. PlatypusPlatypus
    158. TickTick
    159. PlatypusPlatypus
    160. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (41 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1164 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002717543333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830082441
8:00765038673358
9:00908646854311
10:001069753455046
11:001262558335699
12:001484563906497
13:001744970097188
14:002018476238083
15:002274883768941
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

[BS]Hellzie

41.1 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
342 metal received · 22340 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:28 · n=736
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=826
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=930

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