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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. 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 (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 · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Energy storage
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 84 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. SentrySentry
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Mex
    17. PawnPawn
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Con turret
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Wind ×3
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind ×3
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:59
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Mex
    46. SentrySentry ×2
    47. WelderWelder
    48. GunslingerGunslingerdone 10:34
    49. SentrySentry ×2
    50. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    51. AnemoneAnemone
    52. Mex
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:01 · typical 8:54
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Mex
    56. ButlerButler
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Mex
    59. ButlerButler
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Converter ×2
    64. Wind ×4
    65. SprinterSprinter
    66. Wind
    67. SprinterSprinter
    68. Wind
    69. SprinterSprinter
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. ButlerButler
    73. Wind
    74. SentrySentry
    75. ButlerButler
    76. Wind ×2
    77. ButlerButler
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind ×6
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind ×3
    83. SharpshooterSniper botnot finished by 15:00
    84. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (46 OS, 31/08/2026); 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

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

BeanBro

45.6 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
46 metal received · 3551 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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