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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (35 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

pownage227

35.4 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1366 metal received · 70167 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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