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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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 ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×13
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. LazarusLazarus ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 175 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. Energy storage
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:52 · typical 8:54
    23. Con turret
    24. PawnPawn ×3
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Con turret
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Advanced solar
    51. Wind
    52. SentrySentry
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Mex
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Advanced solar
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Metal storage
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret ×2
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Advanced solar
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. CrossbowCrossbow
    82. NettleNettle
    83. CrossbowCrossbow
    84. Advanced solar
    85. CrossbowCrossbow
    86. NettleNettle
    87. CrossbowCrossbow
    88. NettleNettle
    89. PawnPawn ×4
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:45
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×3
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:06 · typical 0:48
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×6
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×3
    112. Con turret
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. Con turret
    118. PawnPawn ×3
    119. Energy storage
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. PawnPawn ×3
    123. Energy storage
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. PawnPawn ×3
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Advanced solar
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. PawnPawn ×4
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Pit BullPit Bull
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Advanced solar
    137. PawnPawn
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. PawnPawn ×5
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. PawnPawn ×3
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×3
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn ×2
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. PawnPawn ×3
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. Wind
    156. LazarusLazarus
    157. PawnPawn
    158. LazarusLazarus
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. PawnPawn
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. PawnPawn
    166. LazarusLazarus
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. LazarusLazarus
    171. PawnPawn
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. PawnPawn ×2
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Happiness's (52 OS, 22/08/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

Happiness

51.9 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
105 metal received · 17966 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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