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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    25. PawnPawn
    26. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 157 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. SentrySentry
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. PawnPawn
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Con turret
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:25 · typical 8:54
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. ThugThug
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind ×2
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Mex
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind
    53. Energy storage
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:23
    77. TickTick
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Wind
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. PlatypusPlatypus
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. Wind ×2
    100. TickTick
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Energy storage
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. PlatypusPlatypus
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. NettleNettle ×2
    118. PlatypusPlatypus
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. NettleNettle
    123. Wind
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. TickTick
    126. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:31
    127. ArchangelArchangeldone 14:24
    128. NettleNettle
    129. Wind
    130. NettleNettle
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. CrossbowCrossbow
    137. TickTick
    138. PlatypusPlatypus
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. CenturionCenturion
    142. TickTick
    143. PlatypusPlatypus
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. LazarusLazarus
    148. TickTick
    149. PlatypusPlatypus
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. CenturionCenturion
    153. SentrySentry
    154. TickTick
    155. PlatypusPlatypus
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (46 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

HotDawg

45.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
7 metal received · 21752 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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