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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 · 1031 distinct matches · 138 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1178 · 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 1031 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 0:35–8:09

    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
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. TickTick ×8
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Energy storage
  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 · 174 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. PawnPawn
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. SentrySentry
    41. TickTick
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. SentrySentry
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. SentrySentry
    53. TickTick
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32 · typical 8:54
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. SentrySentry
    58. TickTick
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. SentrySentry
    87. TickTick
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. SentrySentry
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Converter
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. Converter
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Pit BullPit Bull
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:24
    130. TickTick
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. TickTick
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    139. TickTick
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    147. TickTick
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    152. TickTick
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:42
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Con turret
    168. PawnPawn
    169. VeilVeil
    170. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Con turret
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is s0uthy's (38 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

1178 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681203819
6:00507621121523
7:00632029742422
8:00763938233347
9:00908346414308
10:001069653295042
11:001262558255692
12:001483963816492
13:001743369777174
14:002016376218077
15:002267783748941
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

s0uthy

38.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
596 metal received · 43715 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:09 · n=746
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=832
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=940

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