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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 · 101 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:37 · typical 0:48
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind ×2
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Wind
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. Mex
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Wind
    28. ShellshockerArty
    29. SentrySentry
    30. ShellshockerArty
    31. Wind
    32. ShellshockerArty ×2
    33. Wind
    34. ShellshockerArty ×2
    35. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. JanusJanus ×2
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. JanusJanus ×2
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    42. BlitzBlitz ×5
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz ×3
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 8:54
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind ×2
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind
    74. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Wind
    77. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    78. SentrySentry
    79. StoutStout
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. SentrySentry
    83. StoutStout
    84. Wind
    85. StoutStout ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    88. Wind
    89. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    90. Wind
    91. StoutStout
    92. Wind
    93. StoutStout
    94. Wind
    95. StoutStout
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind ×4
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:02 · 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

  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 · 87 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:02
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. PounderPounder
    7. Wind ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PounderPounder
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. PounderPounder
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. PounderPounder
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. PounderPounder
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. PounderPounder
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. PounderPounder
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. BruteBrute
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. BruteBrute
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. BruteBrute
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. BruteBrute
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    39. Wind
    40. PounderPounder
    41. PawnPawn
    42. TickTick
    43. BruteBrute
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. BruteBrute
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. BruteBrute
    50. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    51. PawnPawn
    52. BruteBrute
    53. TickTick
    54. PawnPawn
    55. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    56. Wind
    57. BruteBrute
    58. PawnPawn
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn
    61. BruteBrute
    62. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    65. BruteBrute
    66. TickTick
    67. Energy storage
    68. PawnPawn
    69. BruteBrute
    70. PawnPawn
    71. TickTick
    72. BruteBrute
    73. PawnPawn
    74. BruteBrute
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    77. BruteBrute
    78. TickTick
    79. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    80. PawnPawn
    81. BruteBrute
    82. PawnPawn
    83. BruteBrute
    84. TickTick
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. LazarusLazarus ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (37 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

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

TrollHardGoPro

37.4 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
446 metal received · 17870 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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