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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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Mex
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    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 · 158 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×3
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×3
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Con turret
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Energy storage
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:40
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Mex
    42. Wind ×4
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. SentrySentry
    53. TickTick ×5
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    58. Mex
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×4
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×4
    78. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:36
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    83. PawnPawn
    84. NettleNettle
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×4
    88. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:49
    89. PawnPawn
    90. ButlerButler
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. ButlerButler ×2
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. ButlerButler
    98. Converter ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn ×3
    104. Converter
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Fusion ReactorFusion
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. Converter ×2
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Energy storage
    123. Converter
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind
    126. Converter ×2
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Metal storage
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Converter ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Fusion ReactorFusion
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Converter
    142. ArchangelArchangeldone 14:32
    143. Converter
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. PawnPawn
    148. ArchangelArchangel
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Converter
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (46 OS, 22/08/2026); 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

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

BeanBro

45.7 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
97 metal received · 10542 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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