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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
  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 · 107 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. ThugThug
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. ThugThug
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind ×3
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind ×2
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×2
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:22 · typical 8:54
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind ×3
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×3
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind ×3
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Wind
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. Wind
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind
    56. CenturionCenturion ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind ×2
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Wind
    63. Energy storage
    64. Wind
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Wind ×2
    96. TickTick
    97. CrossbowCrossbow
    98. Wind
    99. CrossbowCrossbow
    100. Wind
    101. CrossbowCrossbow
    102. Wind
    103. CrossbowCrossbow
    104. Wind
    105. CrossbowCrossbow
    106. Wind
    107. CrossbowCrossbow ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (36 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
66 metal received · 9929 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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