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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:48
  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 · 32 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. BlitzBlitz ×2
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Con turret
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind ×2
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Wind ×3
    23. PincerPincer
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Energy storage
    26. Wind
    27. PincerPincer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
  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 · 136 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Wind ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind ×2
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind ×2
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind ×3
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. BlitzBlitz ×2
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. SentrySentry
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Con turret
    58. SentrySentry
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:42
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Converter
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind ×3
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Converter
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×3
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind ×4
    114. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:09
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind ×3
    118. ScorpionScorpion
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind ×2
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind ×2
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind ×2
    132. BlitzBlitz ×2
    133. Wind ×3
    134. BlitzBlitz ×3
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (38 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

Hannodins

37.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
632 metal received · 33850 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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