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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 0:39 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Energy storage
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 143 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:39 · typical 8:54
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Converter
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Converter ×2
    40. Wind ×2
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Converter
    55. Con turret
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Converter
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:58 · typical 0:48
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. Converter
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Con turret ×2
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Converter
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Converter
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind ×2
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind ×2
    128. BlitzBlitz ×3
    129. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:12
    130. Wind
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. BlitzBlitz ×5
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz ×2
    137. Wind ×2
    138. BlitzBlitz ×3
    139. Wind ×2
    140. BlitzBlitz ×3
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz ×4
    143. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slump's (40 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

Slump

40.4 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
275 metal received · 75378 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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