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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 · 1031 distinct matches · 138 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1178 · 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 1031 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 0:35–8:09

    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 0:45 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    37. Wind
    38. 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 · 127 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48 · typical 8:54
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Mex
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×4
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. PawnPawn
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Mexfor Suicide front
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. PawnPawn
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Energy storage
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. PawnPawn
    51. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. SentrySentry
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced solar
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced solar
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. PawnPawn ×3
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×5
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×3
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Advanced solar
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced solar
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Advanced solar
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×4
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×3
    112. NettleNettle
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×4
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×4
    118. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Twilight
    123. PawnPawn ×3
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Energy storage
    127. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (40 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1178 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681203819
6:00507621121523
7:00632029742422
8:00763938233347
9:00908346414308
10:001069653295042
11:001262558255692
12:001483963816492
13:001743369777174
14:002016376218077
15:002267783748941
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

JustSomeGuy

40.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
435 metal received · 22128 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:09 · n=746
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=832
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=940

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