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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 1163 · 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 0:35–8:29

    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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Mex
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. BeholderBeholder
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. 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 · 84 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Energy storage
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Mex
    36. Energy storage
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Mex
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Mex
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 8:54
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Mex
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 26/08/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1163 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830092445
8:00765138713358
9:00908746884311
10:001069753475048
11:001262758385701
12:001484663956492
13:001745070107185
14:002018576238079
15:002275483778940
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

[Grump]_Doni

50.8 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
30 metal received · 4309 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:29 · n=735
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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