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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 0:44 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 113 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×5
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×5
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×4
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:45 · typical 8:54
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×4
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×4
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. PawnPawn ×5
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×5
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:23
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×5
    54. Energy storage
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. PawnPawn
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Advanced solar
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    69. Advanced solar
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×7
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×4
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×4
    111. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (49 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

Naigel

49.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
274 metal received · 41666 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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