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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 · 84 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:50 · typical 0:48
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex ×2
    15. StoutStout ×3
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Mex
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. StoutStout
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    28. JanusJanus
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    32. Con turret
    33. JanusJanus
    34. StoutStout
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Wind ×2
    37. WhistlerMissile truck
    38. Wind
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. JanusJanus
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Con turret
    44. NettleNettle
    45. Con turret
    46. StoutStout
    47. WhistlerMissile truck
    48. Energy storage
    49. Wind
    50. JanusJanus
    51. Wind ×3
    52. StoutStout
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. JanusJanus
    56. Wind
    57. StoutStout
    58. Wind ×4
    59. StoutStout
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. StoutStout
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Energy storage
    66. StoutStout
    67. Wind ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02
    72. Converter
    73. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    74. Converter
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Converter
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Energy storage
    81. Con turret
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. PrevailerPrevailerdone 13:07
    84. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:04 · 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

  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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CrossbowCrossbow
    3. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:31
    4. CenturionCenturion ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Converter
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (44 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

HotDawg

43.6 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
194 metal received · 82107 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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