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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 · 2 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:48
    2. RoverScout ×2
  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

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. RoverScout ×2for Geo
    12. Mex
    13. RoverScout ×2for Geo
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. JanusJanus ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind ×3
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Energy storage
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Con turret
    26. BeamerBeamer ×3
    27. JanusJanus
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Con turret
  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 · 143 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. ShellshockerArty
    3. Wind ×2
    4. ShellshockerArty
    5. Wind
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ShellshockerArty
    9. Wind
    10. ShellshockerArty
    11. Wind
    12. ShellshockerArty
    13. Wind
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. Con turret
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Con turret
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. Wind
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Wind ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. Wind ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:13 · typical 8:54
    49. Con turret
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    53. Wind ×3
    54. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    57. Wind ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Con turret
    63. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Con turret
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:23
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind
    73. OspreyHeavy transport
    74. StorkLight transport
    75. SentrySentry
    76. StorkLight transport ×2
    77. Wind
    78. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    79. SentrySentry
    80. OspreyHeavy transport
    81. Wind
    82. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind ×6
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Wind ×8
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. Wind
    93. BlinkScout plane
    94. Wind
    95. Energy storage ×2
    96. Wind
    97. BeamerBeamer
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:27
    103. Wind
    104. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:35
    105. Wind
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. Con turret
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Con turret
    111. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    112. Con turret
    113. BeamerBeamer
    114. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    115. Con turret
    116. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    117. Energy storage
    118. BlitzBlitz ×4for Suicide front
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    121. Energy storage
    122. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    123. BlinkScout plane
    124. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    125. BlinkScout plane
    126. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. BlinkScout plane
    129. Energy storage
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 13:37
    132. BlinkScout plane ×2
    133. CrocodileCrocodile ×12
    134. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    135. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:30
    136. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    137. CrocodileCrocodile ×2
    138. CorsairDestroyerdone 14:49
    139. CrocodileCrocodile ×5
    140. SkaterSkater
    141. CrocodileCrocodile
    142. DolphinDolphin
    143. CrocodileCrocodile

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (48 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

haaven

47.6 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
832 metal received · 22821 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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