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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 1163 · 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 0:35–8:29

    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 (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 ×2
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 73 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×4
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. PawnPawn ×3
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. PawnPawn ×4
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Advanced solar
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Mex
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:38 · typical 8:54
    33. Wind ×2
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. AnemoneAnemone
    37. TickTick
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. TickTick ×8
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind ×2
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Con turret
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. TickTick ×4
    57. Con turret
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Con turret
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind ×2
    62. TickTick
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. Pit BullPit Bull
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×6
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (46 OS, 09/09/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1163 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830092445
8:00765138713358
9:00908746884311
10:001069753475048
11:001262758385701
12:001484663956492
13:001745070107185
14:002018576238079
15:002275483778940
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

BeanBro

46.3 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
352 metal received · 8887 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:29 · n=735
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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