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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. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×10
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick ×3for Pond
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. TickTickfor Pond
    11. Mex
    12. TickTick ×2for Pond
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. PawnPawn ×2for Geo
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Construction BotCon bot ×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 · 85 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. MaceMace ×6
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. PawnPawn ×4
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. SentrySentry
    28. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. PawnPawn ×2
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Mex
    36. PawnPawn
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. PawnPawn
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:39 · typical 8:54
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×3
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. PawnPawn
    54. LazarusLazarus ×2for Suicide front
    55. Con turret
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Con turret
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. PawnPawn ×4
    68. Con turret
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. PawnPawn ×4
    72. Con turret
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. PawnPawn ×7
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×3
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PawnPawn ×3
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (35 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

pownage227

35.4 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
144 metal received · 13960 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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