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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 · 1009 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1156 · 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 1009 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. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · 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 (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. RoverScout ×2
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. RoverScout ×3
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Mex
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Con turret
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind ×2
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind ×2
    26. JanusJanus ×2
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind ×2
    29. JanusJanus
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. Wind ×2
  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 · 178 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. Wind ×2
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Wind ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. SentrySentry
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Converter
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    30. Mex
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:06 · typical 8:54
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind ×5
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Converter ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PincerPincer
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz ×2
    63. SentrySentry
    64. Wind
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Wind ×2
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×2
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Mex
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind ×2
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind ×2
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Windfor Beach sea
    92. Wind
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    101. SentrySentry
    102. Con turret ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. SentrySentry
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. NettleNettle
    108. FerretFerret
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:09
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Wind
    117. Windfor Beach sea
    118. BlitzBlitz ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Windfor Beach sea
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind
    127. Windfor Beach sea
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Mex
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Windfor Beach sea
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Windfor Beach sea
    136. Wind ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz ×2
    140. Windfor Beach sea
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Windfor Beach sea
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz ×2
    147. Wind
    148. Windfor Beach sea
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Windfor Beach sea
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz ×2
    156. Wind ×3
    157. BlitzBlitz ×2
    158. Windfor Beach sea
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Windfor Beach sea
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Energy storage
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind ×2
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind ×2
    175. BlitzBlitz ×2
    176. Wind
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (37 OS, 01/10/2026); 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 7:18 · 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

1156 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715543333
5:0038631201821
6:00507221131523
7:00631429962452
8:00763538673359
9:00907846814312
10:001067653385061
11:001258358205712
12:001480163656523
13:001740969837234
14:002016376218094
15:002267783768949
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

36.9 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
751 metal received · 3231 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=819
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=924

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