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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:38 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. TickTick
    5. Con turret
    6. TickTick ×4
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    18. PawnPawn ×8
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:10
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×2
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn ×4
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×3
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×4
  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 · 250 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn ×3
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Con turret
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Energy storage
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:07 · typical 0:48
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×3
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. PawnPawn
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Energy storage
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:49 · typical 8:54
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. PawnPawn ×3
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. PawnPawn ×3
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. PawnPawn ×3
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. PawnPawn ×3
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×3
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×3
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. PawnPawn ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. PawnPawn
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. PawnPawn
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. PawnPawn
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. PawnPawn ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. PawnPawn
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. PawnPawn ×2
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. PawnPawn
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. PawnPawn ×2
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. PawnPawn ×2
    160. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. PawnPawn
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. PawnPawn ×2
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. PawnPawn
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. PawnPawn
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. PawnPawn ×2
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Construction BotCon bot
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    178. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:30
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. PawnPawn ×2
    181. StormbringerBomber
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    184. PawnPawn
    185. StormbringerBomber
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. StormbringerBomber
    189. PawnPawn ×2
    190. Wind
    191. StormbringerBomber
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. StormbringerBomber
    196. PawnPawn
    197. StormbringerBomber
    198. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn ×2
    201. StormbringerBomber
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn
    204. StormbringerBomberfor unknown
    205. PawnPawn ×2
    206. StormbringerBomberfor unknown
    207. Wind
    208. PawnPawn ×2
    209. StormbringerBomber
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn ×2
    212. StormbringerBomber
    213. PawnPawn
    214. Wind
    215. PawnPawn
    216. StormbringerBomberfor unknown
    217. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    218. PawnPawn
    219. Wind
    220. BeamerBeamer
    221. PawnPawn
    222. StormbringerBomberfor unknown
    223. Con turret
    224. Pit BullPit Bull
    225. PawnPawn ×2
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn ×2
    228. StormbringerBomber
    229. Wind
    230. PawnPawn
    231. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    232. BeamerBeamer
    233. StormbringerBomber
    234. PawnPawn ×2
    235. Wind
    236. PawnPawn ×3
    237. Wind
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Wind
    240. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:54
    241. PawnPawn
    242. Wind ×3
    243. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    244. Wind
    245. Pit BullPit Bull ×2
    246. Con turret ×2
    247. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    248. Con turret ×3
    249. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    250. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2not finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SHORTBUS_VIP's (45 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

SHORTBUS_VIP

45.3 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

52 received units · includes a constructor
2257 metal received · 94762 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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