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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
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    26. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 120 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Metal storage
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind ×7
    12. Energy storage
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Wind ×7
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:25
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Con turret
    74. Converter
    75. Mex
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Wind
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Wind
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. Wind ×3
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. Wind ×3
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind ×3
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind
    91. Mex
    92. Wind
    93. CenturionCenturion
    94. Wind ×3
    95. CenturionCenturion
    96. Wind ×3
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Wind ×4
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Wind ×2
    101. CenturionCenturion
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. CenturionCenturion
    106. Wind
    107. Converter ×3
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. CenturionCenturion
    111. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:53
    112. Wind
    113. Converter ×9
    114. Wind ×2
    115. OspreyHeavy transport
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Mex
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. CenturionCenturion
    120. Con turret

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

Slump

38.2 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
640 metal received · 17863 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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