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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 · 1031 distinct matches · 138 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1178 · 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 1031 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 0:35–8:09

    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 ×3for Suicide front
    2. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontdone 0:51 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    2. TickTick
    3. Windfor Suicide front
    4. TickTick
    5. Windfor Suicide front
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mexfor Suicide front
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mexfor Suicide front
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
  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 · 150 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turretfor Suicide front
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Windfor Suicide front
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turretfor Suicide front
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Windfor Suicide front
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Windfor Suicide front
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Windfor Suicide front
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Windfor Suicide front
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Windfor Suicide front
    23. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    24. Windfor Suicide front
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Suicide front
    32. Windfor Suicide front
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    36. Windfor Suicide front
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. LazarusLazarus ×3
    40. NettleNettle
    41. Windfor Suicide front
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    44. Mex
    45. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    46. Windfor Suicide front
    47. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Suicide front
    49. Windfor Suicide front
    50. PawnPawn ×5
    51. Windfor Suicide front
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Windfor Suicide front
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Windfor Suicide front
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Windfor Suicide front
    58. PawnPawn
    59. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Windfor Suicide front
    62. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Suicide front
    63. PawnPawn
    64. SentrySentry
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Windfor Suicide front
    67. SentrySentry
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Windfor Suicide front
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Con turretfor Suicide front
    72. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    73. Converterfor Suicide front
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Con turretfor Suicide front
    76. Windfor Suicide front
    77. Mex
    78. PawnPawn
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Converterfor Suicide front
    81. Windfor Suicide front
    82. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Windfor Suicide front
    85. Mex
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Converterfor Suicide front
    88. Windfor Suicide front
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Windfor Suicide front
    91. SentrySentry
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Windfor Suicide front
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Windfor Suicide front
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converterfor Suicide front
    98. Windfor Suicide front
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Converterfor Suicide front
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Converterfor Suicide front
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Windfor Suicide front
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Converterfor Suicide front
    107. PawnPawn
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter ×2for Suicide front
    110. Windfor Suicide front
    111. Converter ×3for Suicide front
    112. Windfor Suicide front
    113. Converter ×2for Suicide front
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Windfor Suicide front
    116. Con turretfor Suicide front
    117. TickTick
    118. Con turretfor Suicide front
    119. Converterfor Suicide front
    120. Con turretfor Suicide front
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turretfor Suicide front
    123. TickTick
    124. Con turretfor Suicide front
    125. TickTick
    126. Windfor Suicide front
    127. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontdone 13:50
    128. TickTick ×3
    129. Windfor Suicide front
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Windfor Suicide front
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Windfor Suicide front
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Windfor Suicide front
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. Windfor Suicide front
    138. TickTick
    139. Windfor Suicide front
    140. TickTick ×3for Suicide front
    141. Windfor Suicide front
    142. TickTick ×4for Suicide front
    143. Windfor Suicide front
    144. TickTick ×4for Suicide front
    145. Windfor Suicide front
    146. TickTick ×5for Suicide front
    147. Windfor Suicide front
    148. TickTickfor Suicide front
    149. Mexfor Suicide front
    150. TickTickfor Suicide front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alphacure's (36 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1178 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681203819
6:00507621121523
7:00632029742422
8:00763938233347
9:00908346414308
10:001069653295042
11:001262558255692
12:001483963816492
13:001743369777174
14:002016376218077
15:002267783748941
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

Alphacure

36.0 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
276 metal received · 32588 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:09 · n=746
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=832
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=940

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