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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 · 121 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×7
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Wind ×2
    12. StoutStout
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. JanusJanus
    19. SentrySentry ×2
    20. ShellshockerArty ×2
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ShellshockerArty ×5
    23. BlitzBlitz ×15
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:00 · typical 8:54
    25. BlitzBlitz ×4
    26. Con turret
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind ×2
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. Energy storage
    43. Wind ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Mex
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Mex
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Con turret
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz ×2
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. Con turret
    116. BlitzBlitz ×8
    117. Con turret
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:37
    120. BlitzBlitz ×2
    121. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:48 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PrepareUrAfus's (45 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

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

PrepareUrAfus

45.3 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
508 metal received · 10801 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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