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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. 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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×10
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick ×2for Pond
    8. Mex
    9. TickTickfor Pond
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. TickTick ×3for Pond
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. SentrySentry ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 95 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. MaceMace ×10
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Energy storage
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. ThugThug
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Con turret
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. ThugThug
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. ThugThug
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×3
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn ×3
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×3
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn ×3
    62. Con turret
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×4
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:26 · typical 8:54
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×3
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. Energy storage
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BeamerBeamer
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×4

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

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 · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
17 metal received · 25079 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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