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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 0:45 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind ×2
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. 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 · 205 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. ThugThug
    9. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. ThugThug
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Energy storage
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Energy storage
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. PawnPawn ×4
    24. Con turret
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:46 · typical 8:54
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Mex
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Converter
    57. SentrySentry ×2
    58. Converter
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:04
    62. Converter
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. PawnPawn ×3
    65. TickTick
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Converter
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. TickTick
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Mexfor Beach sea
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Con turret
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Con turret
    84. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 11:28
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. PossumPossum
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:50
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. PossumPossum
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. Construction BotCon bot
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PossumPossum
    110. PawnPawn ×3
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    114. TickTick
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Converter
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. Wind ×2
    131. PawnPawn ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. HarpoonHarpoon
    142. Construction BotCon bot
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Construction BotCon bot
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn ×5
    158. Converter
    159. TickTick
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. Wind ×2
    163. PawnPawn ×3
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. HarpoonHarpoon
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Construction BotCon bot
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. PawnPawn ×2
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn
    176. HarpoonHarpoon
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Construction BotCon bot
    182. Wind
    183. PawnPawn ×2
    184. Pit BullPit Bull
    185. PawnPawn ×3
    186. Converter
    187. TickTick
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Construction BotCon bot
    190. PawnPawn ×4
    191. TickTick
    192. Construction BotCon bot
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Converter
    195. PawnPawn ×4
    196. TickTick
    197. Construction BotCon bot
    198. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    199. PawnPawn ×3
    200. Converter
    201. PawnPawn ×2
    202. TickTick
    203. PawnPawn ×6
    204. TickTick
    205. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

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

[Grump]_Doni

52.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
243 metal received · 91423 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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