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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 · 1003 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1147 · 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 1003 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. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 43 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. PawnPawn ×8
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Converter
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Converter
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Converter
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Converter
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
  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 · 63 steps
    1. Converter
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Wind ×3
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind ×4
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Wind
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Mex
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Mex
    50. CenturionCenturion ×4
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. PawnPawn
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:42 · typical 8:54
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (36 OS, 06/08/2026); 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

1147 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002716541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507721121522
7:00632829862436
8:00765138713357
9:00908546884310
10:001069353415060
11:001262258285711
12:001483463856521
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483748952
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

El_Turco

36.1 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
6 metal received · 123089 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=724
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=814
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=917

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