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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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
    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 (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 150 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:48
    24. PawnPawn
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×4
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×2
    33. Sneaky PeteSneaky Petefor Pond
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. PawnPawn
    38. TickTick
    39. PawnPawn
    40. TickTick ×3
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 8:54
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. SentrySentry
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Energy storage
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind ×4
    65. TickTick
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Converter
    72. TickTick
    73. Converter
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Converter
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×3
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×3
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Con turret
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Con turret
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    119. TickTick ×4
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×4
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×3
    124. BeamerBeamer
    125. TickTick ×17
    126. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    127. TickTick ×9
    128. PawnPawn ×3
    129. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:00
    130. PawnPawn ×10
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. PawnPawn ×3
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    142. PawnPawn ×3
    143. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    144. PawnPawn ×3
    145. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    146. PawnPawn ×6
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn ×4
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (45 OS, 22/08/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

BeanBro

45.0 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
33 metal received · 8950 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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