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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mexfor Suicide front
    2. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    3. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontdone 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×10
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mexfor Suicide front
    7. TickTick ×3
    8. Mexfor Suicide front
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. TickTick
    11. Mex
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Suicide front
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 · 38 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. MaceMace ×4
    3. Windfor Suicide front
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. Windfor Suicide front
    6. MaceMace ×2
    7. Windfor Suicide front
    8. MaceMace ×2
    9. Windfor Suicide front
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Windfor Suicide front
    13. PawnPawn ×4
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Mexfor Suicide front
    17. PawnPawn ×9
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Mex
    20. PawnPawn ×8
    21. Mex
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Windfor Suicide front
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Windfor Suicide front
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Windfor Suicide front
    30. Con turretfor Suicide front
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Windfor Suicide front
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Windfor Suicide front
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Windfor Suicide front
    37. PawnPawnfor Suicide front
    38. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (35 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

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

pownage227

35.4 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
209 metal received · 3250 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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