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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
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. OverwatchOverwatch
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 236 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:27 · typical 8:54
    11. TickTick
    12. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. Solar ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick ×3
    38. Con turret
    39. Solar
    40. TickTick
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Wind ×2
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind ×2
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind ×2
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. TickTick
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:33 · typical 0:48
    80. Con turret ×2
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. Wind
    98. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. SentrySentry
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. SentrySentry
    111. TickTick
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. SentrySentry
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. TickTick
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Converter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. SentrySentry
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Converter
    141. NettleNettle
    142. PawnPawn
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. NettleNettle
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. NettleNettle
    148. Converter
    149. PawnPawn
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn
    156. NettleNettle
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. LazarusLazarus
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. TickTick
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. TickTick
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. TickTick
    167. Converter
    168. TickTick
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. TickTick ×2
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. TickTick
    181. PawnPawn
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. PawnPawn ×2
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. PawnPawn
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. PawnPawn
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. PawnPawn ×2
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. PawnPawn
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:41
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Wind
    198. LazarusLazarus
    199. TickTick
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. TickTick ×2
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick ×2
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×2
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick ×3
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick ×2
    214. Wind
    215. PawnPawn
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. Wind
    218. PawnPawn
    219. Wind
    220. PawnPawn ×3
    221. Wind
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. PawnPawn ×2
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. Wind
    226. PawnPawn
    227. BlitzBlitz
    228. Wind
    229. PawnPawn
    230. BlitzBlitz
    231. Wind
    232. BlitzBlitz
    233. PawnPawn
    234. BlitzBlitz
    235. Wind
    236. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jazmastah's (36 OS, 24/08/2026); 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

jazmastah

36.1 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
804 metal received · 26157 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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