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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Converter
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Mex
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 116 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Advanced solar
    4. Wind ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Con turret
    9. Advanced solar
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:20 · typical 8:54
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced solar
    18. GauntletGauntletdone 7:32
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    28. Con turret
    29. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Con turret ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×3
    39. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    40. Wind ×7
    41. Mex
    42. TracerTracer
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    66. Wind
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Energy storage
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Energy storage
    90. Converter
    91. Energy storage
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced solar
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Con turret ×2
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret ×2
    109. Advanced solar
    110. Con turret ×2
    111. Advanced solar
    112. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 14:57
    113. Con turret
    114. Advanced solar ×2
    115. T2 converter
    116. Advanced solar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (37 OS, 06/08/2026); 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

37.4 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
342 metal received · 35606 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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