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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 1164 · 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 0:35–8:28

    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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    18. TickTick
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. LazarusLazarus ×2
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:17 · typical 0:48
    29. 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%) · Lazarus (36%) · pawn (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 159 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×4
    2. Wind
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Energy storage
    5. BlitzBlitz ×3
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. NettleNettle
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz ×2
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. ThugThug
    27. Con turret
    28. ThugThug
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:46 · typical 8:54
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. BlitzBlitz ×2
    36. Energy storage
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind ×2
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Wind ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:32
    55. ThugThug
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Mex
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. GauntletGauntletdone 9:53
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Energy storage
    66. BlitzBlitz ×2
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. ThugThug
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. GruntGrunt ×3
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. BlitzBlitz ×3
    85. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:25
    86. BlitzBlitz ×2
    87. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. StoutStout
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:05
    94. StoutStout
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. Con turret
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. StoutStout
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. StoutStout
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. StoutStout
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. StoutStout
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. StoutStout
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. StoutStout
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    114. StoutStout
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. StoutStout
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. StoutStout
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. StoutStout
    121. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:45
    122. StoutStout
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. StoutStout ×4
    125. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    126. StoutStout
    127. HarpoonHarpoon
    128. StoutStout
    129. BlinkScout plane
    130. StoutStout
    131. BlinkScout plane ×2
    132. StoutStout
    133. BlinkScout plane
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. StoutStout
    136. BlinkScout plane
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. BlinkScout plane
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. StoutStout
    142. BlinkScout plane
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. BlinkScout plane
    146. StoutStout
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. BlinkScout plane
    149. Wind
    150. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. BlinkScout plane
    154. Con turret
    155. StoutStout
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. BlinkScout plane
    159. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (60 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

1164 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002717543333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830082441
8:00765038673358
9:00908646854311
10:001069753455046
11:001262558335699
12:001484563906497
13:001744970097188
14:002018476238083
15:002274883768941
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

watermeloans

59.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
110 metal received · 55949 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:28 · n=736
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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