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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 · 1009 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1156 · 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 1009 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. 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 · 215 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. TickTick
    21. Con turret
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Energy storage
    24. LazarusLazarus ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:48
    32. Wind ×2
    33. TickTick
    34. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:08
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 8:54
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. OverwatchOverwatch
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. TickTick
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. TickTick
    74. Con turret
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. TickTick
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. TickTick
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. TickTick
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. TickTick
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. RocketeerRocketeer
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. RocketeerRocketeer
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. RocketeerRocketeer
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. RocketeerRocketeer
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. RocketeerRocketeer
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. RoverScout
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Con turret
    111. RoverScout ×2
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. Wind
    114. RoverScout ×2
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. RoverScout
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. RoverScout ×2
    120. BeamerBeamer
    121. Wind
    122. RocketeerRocketeer
    123. RoverScout
    124. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    125. RocketeerRocketeer
    126. RoverScout
    127. RocketeerRocketeer
    128. StoutStout
    129. RocketeerRocketeer
    130. Con turret
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. StoutStout
    133. RocketeerRocketeer
    134. StoutStout
    135. RocketeerRocketeer
    136. JunoJuno
    137. Wind
    138. StoutStout
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. StoutStout
    143. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    144. BeamerBeamer
    145. Wind
    146. StoutStout
    147. Wind
    148. StoutStout
    149. Wind ×2
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. StoutStout
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. StoutStout
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind ×2
    160. TickTick
    161. Energy storage
    162. TickTick
    163. StoutStout
    164. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    165. TickTick
    166. Energy storage
    167. TickTick
    168. StoutStout
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    172. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    173. LazarusLazarus
    174. Wind
    175. SentrySentry
    176. TickTick
    177. StoutStout
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. StoutStout
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. StoutStout
    187. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    188. Con turret
    189. TickTick
    190. Con turret
    191. Wind ×2
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick
    197. ArbalestArbalest
    198. TickTick
    199. StoutStout
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind ×2
    202. TickTick ×2
    203. Con turret
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick
    208. Con turret
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. Con turret
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jazmastah's (36 OS, 25/08/2026); 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

1156 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715543333
5:0038631201821
6:00507221131523
7:00631429962452
8:00763538673359
9:00907846814312
10:001067653385061
11:001258358205712
12:001480163656523
13:001740969837234
14:002016376218094
15:002267783768949
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

jazmastah

36.0 OS · 25/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
699 metal received · 79357 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=819
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=924

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