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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 · 1019 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1164 · 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 1019 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 0:35–8:28

    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
    2. Wind
    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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn
    4. TickTick
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. MaceMace ×4
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. TickTick
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
  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%) · Lazarus (36%) · pawn (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 119 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. TickTick
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. GauntletGauntletdone 8:38
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:57
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Energy storage
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Con turret
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind ×2
    73. TickTick
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind ×3
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind ×6
    82. TickTick
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. Con turret
    92. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:49
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind ×3
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. SentrySentry
    103. Wind
    104. CenturionCenturion
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind ×4
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×3
    110. PawnPawn
    111. CenturionCenturion
    112. Wind ×2
    113. CenturionCenturion
    114. TickTick
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (41 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1164 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002717543333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830082441
8:00765038673358
9:00908646854311
10:001069753455046
11:001262558335699
12:001484563906497
13:001744970097188
14:002018476238083
15:002274883768941
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

Xad

41.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
284 metal received · 21101 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:28 · n=736
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=826
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=930

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