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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 · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · 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 1008 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 0:44 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×4
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
  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 · 105 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind ×2
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind ×3
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind ×2
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Mex
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:32 · typical 8:54
    41. Wind ×4
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind
    51. Mexfor Suicide front
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Mexfor Suicide front
    57. Wind
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Wind
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×5
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. TickTick ×26
    82. LazarusLazarus ×4
    83. TickTick ×15
    84. Con turret
    85. TickTick
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Con turret ×3
    88. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:36
    89. TickTick
    90. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    91. TickTick
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick ×7
    100. Con turret
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FCRD]GlazedByAfussy's (36 OS, 18/08/2026); 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

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
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

[FCRD]GlazedByAfussy

35.6 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1718 metal received · 54349 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=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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