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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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 · 76 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:54 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout
    5. BlitzBlitz ×3
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex ×2
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. StoutStout
    14. Mex
    15. StoutStout
    16. Wind
    17. ShellshockerArty
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. JanusJanus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. StoutStout
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    23. ShellshockerArty
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Wind
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Wind ×2
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. StoutStout
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Wind
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. JanusJanus
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. Wind
    37. StoutStout
    38. JanusJanus
    39. StoutStout
    40. JanusJanus
    41. Con turret
    42. StoutStout
    43. JanusJanus
    44. StoutStout
    45. Wind ×3
    46. JanusJanus
    47. Wind
    48. Converter ×2
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Energy storage
    51. ShellshockerArty
    52. WhistlerMissile truck
    53. Con turret
    54. StoutStout
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:44 · typical 8:54
    56. SentrySentry ×2
    57. JanusJanus
    58. Wind ×3
    59. ShellshockerArty
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. WhistlerMissile truck
    63. StoutStout
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. StoutStout
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. StoutStout
    70. Wind ×5
    71. StoutStout ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. StoutStout
    75. Wind
    76. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:23 · 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

  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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Con turret
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. PawnPawn ×3
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn ×3
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (46 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

HotDawg

45.5 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
838 metal received · 24231 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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