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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. Con turret
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. CrossbowCrossbow
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Mex
    25. 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 · 71 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×8
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter ×2
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Converter ×2
    19. CenturionCenturion ×6
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:47 · typical 8:54
    27. Wind ×2
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind ×2
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind ×2
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. FerretFerret
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    44. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:57
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. StorkLight transport ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Mex
    51. StorkLight transport
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. StorkLight transport
    54. Mex
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    57. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Mex
    60. Con turret
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Con turret
    68. CenturionCenturion ×2
    69. Metal storage
    70. Con turret
    71. VeilVeil

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 ↗

52 received units · includes a constructor
690 metal received · 12936 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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