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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 · 1004 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1149 · 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 1004 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 · 60 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:54 · typical 0:48
    4. RoverScout ×3
    5. RoverScout ×2for Pond
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Wind
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz ×3
    30. Con turret
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. BlitzBlitz ×2
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. BlitzBlitz ×6
    43. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    44. BlitzBlitz ×11
    45. Energy storage
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:55 · typical 8:54
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Twilight ×2
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Converter ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    60. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:50 · 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 (36%)

    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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. LazarusLazarus ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

1149 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507621121522
7:00632629862445
8:00764938713358
9:00908046884311
10:001069353415062
11:001262258285713
12:001483463856524
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483778967
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

Hummell

45.3 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

56 received units · includes a constructor
52 metal received · 17109 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=726
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=815
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=919

Played most by

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