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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 · 1005 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1150 · 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 1005 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 0:59 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Solar
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×3for Geo
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. TickTick ×7
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. 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 · 160 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 8:54
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Con turret
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Solar
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind ×2
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Energy storage
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×3
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×3
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Mex
    57. Wind ×2
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind ×2
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Wind ×3
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Wind ×3
    71. RocketeerRocketeer
    72. Wind ×2
    73. RocketeerRocketeer
    74. Wind ×3
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. Wind
    80. RocketeerRocketeer
    81. Wind ×3
    82. RocketeerRocketeer
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Wind ×2
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Wind
    87. Energy storage
    88. RocketeerRocketeer
    89. Wind
    90. RocketeerRocketeer
    91. Wind
    92. RocketeerRocketeer
    93. Wind ×2
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Wind
    96. RocketeerRocketeer
    97. Wind ×2
    98. RocketeerRocketeer
    99. Wind
    100. RocketeerRocketeer
    101. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:27 · typical 0:48
    102. LazarusLazarus
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:01
    118. TickTick
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. BlitzBlitz ×2
    127. Wind ×2
    128. TickTick
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. TickTick
    133. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick
    141. BlitzBlitz ×2
    142. TickTick
    143. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. TickTick
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. TickTick
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. TickTick
    157. BlitzBlitz ×3
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. BlitzBlitz ×2
    160. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (41 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

1150 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681201820
6:00507721131523
7:00632729962448
8:00764538723359
9:00908346884312
10:001069453425064
11:001262358335719
12:001483963906527
13:001744470137234
14:002018076238104
15:002270483818969
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

Nutzz

40.6 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
59 metal received · 41052 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=727
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:59 · n=816
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=920

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