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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 · 1003 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1147 · 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 1003 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 66 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion ×10
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. CenturionCenturion ×2
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:44
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind ×5
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:28
    50. Wind ×4
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:49 · typical 0:48
    55. TickTick ×13
    56. ShroudShroud
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Advanced solar
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick ×10
    62. Advanced solar
    63. Con turret
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. ScorpionScorpion
    66. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (36 OS, 05/08/2026); 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

1147 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002716541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507721121522
7:00632829862436
8:00765138713357
9:00908546884310
10:001069353415060
11:001262258285711
12:001483463856521
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483748952
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

El_Turco

35.6 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
141 metal received · 69316 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=724
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=814
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=917

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