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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. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:48
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
  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 · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RoverScout
    3. Mex
    4. RoverScout
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. JanusJanus ×4
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. Con turret
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Wind
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
  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 · 152 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. Wind
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Wind
    6. OverwatchOverwatch
    7. Wind ×8
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:25 · typical 8:54
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×6
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind ×4
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind ×8
    27. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:49
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    33. Wind
    34. ShellshockerArty
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Wind
    39. ShellshockerArty ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. ShellshockerArty
    42. BlitzBlitz ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Con turret
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:55
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind ×2
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:57
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×4
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz ×2
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Converter
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz ×2
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2
    122. Wind
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. BlitzBlitz ×2
    125. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz ×2
    129. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Converter
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    137. Con turret
    138. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    139. Converter
    140. Mex ×2
    141. Con turret ×2
    142. BlitzBlitz ×4
    143. Con turret
    144. BlitzBlitz ×3
    145. Con turret
    146. BlitzBlitz ×5
    147. Con turret
    148. BlitzBlitz ×5
    149. Con turret
    150. BlitzBlitz ×2
    151. Con turret
    152. BlitzBlitz ×9

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ChaoticNoob's (36 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

ChaoticNoob

35.5 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
4735 metal received · 7355 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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