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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 · 19 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. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
  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 · 63 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. MaceMace ×2
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace ×2
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. MaceMace ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. MaceMace
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. MaceMace ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace ×2
    35. Wind
    36. MaceMace ×2
    37. Wind
    38. MaceMace
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:55
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (35 OS, 10/09/2026); 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 · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
136 metal received · 51235 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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