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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 43 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Tidal
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Tidal
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. PawnPawn
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 126 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Energy storage
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Mex
    26. NettleNettle
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. PawnPawn ×4
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:24
    57. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind ×3
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. Con turret
    75. Advanced solar
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Mex
    80. PawnPawn
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Advanced solar
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Advanced solar
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×3
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. PawnPawn ×6
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×6
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×4
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Advanced ExploiterAdvanced Exploiterdone 14:49
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Con turret
    108. Mexfor Suicide front
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Energy storage
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Advanced solar
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Advanced solar
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:24 · typical 8:54
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Advanced solar
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Advanced solar
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Advanced solar
    126. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (48 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

Naigel

47.6 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
586 metal received · 30363 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=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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