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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:48 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind ×2
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. TickTick
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. TickTick
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. CenturionCenturion ×2
    36. Wind
  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 · 133 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:30 · typical 8:54
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Advanced solar
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×2
    27. Wind ×2
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Solar
    39. Wind
    40. Mex
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Solar
    48. TickTick
    49. Solar
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Con turret
    65. TickTick
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:03
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. TickTick
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×5
    78. Advanced solar
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×3
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Advanced solar
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Advanced solar
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Con turret
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Con turret
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:53
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. PawnPawn ×3
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn ×2
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. PawnPawn ×5
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hainTsu's (36 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

hainTsu

35.5 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
144 metal received · 13918 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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