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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. PawnPawn ×5
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. 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 · 64 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Mex
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Converter
    22. PawnPawn
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Con turret
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Converter
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Converter
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. PawnPawn ×3
    34. Mex
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Mex
    38. PawnPawn
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind ×12
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Mex
    49. PawnPawn ×4
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. CenturionCenturion ×2
    58. Wind
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (37 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

37.4 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
231 metal received · 8310 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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