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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 · 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 (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 ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. TickTick
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. TickTick
    15. SentrySentry
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Mex ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. Mex
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. TickTick
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. LazarusLazarus ×2
  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 · 126 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. TickTick
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. TickTick
    11. MaceMace
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. MaceMace
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Con turret
    19. MaceMace
    20. TickTick
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. MaceMace
    24. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3for Suicide front
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. TickTick
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:10 · typical 8:54
    31. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Con turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:48
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×6
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind ×4
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Wind
    50. HoundHound
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×4
    53. HoundHound
    54. Wind ×4
    55. HoundHound
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. HoundHound
    60. TickTick
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. HoundHound
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. HoundHound
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. HoundHoundfor Suicide front
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×3
    91. Wind
    92. HoundHound
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Pit BullPit Bull
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind
    98. HoundHound
    99. Wind
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. HoundHound
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    108. TickTick
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. HoundHound
    126. TickTick ×2

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

RAM_Exerior

38.4 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
490 metal received · 31573 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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