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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 0:32 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. 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 · 183 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. TickTick ×4
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. SentrySentry
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Energy storage
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:40
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×3
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×4
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Con turret
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. TickTick
    59. SentrySentry
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. NettleNettle
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. TickTick
    95. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:45
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. SentrySentry
    98. TickTick ×3
    99. PersecutorPersecutordone 11:06
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    102. TickTick ×9
    103. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:11
    104. TickTick
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. PersecutorPersecutor
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    108. TickTick
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    110. TickTick
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    114. Metal storage
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. TickTick
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. TickTick
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick
    121. Converter
    122. TickTick
    123. BirdshotBirdshot
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick
    128. Con turret
    129. Converter
    130. TickTick
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick
    133. Converter
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. Con turret
    141. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    142. TickTick
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. Fusion ReactorFusion
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick
    151. Converter
    152. TickTick
    153. BulwarkBulwarkdone 14:24
    154. TickTick
    155. Converter
    156. TickTick
    157. Converter
    158. TickTick ×3
    159. Fusion ReactorFusion
    160. Converter
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. Converter
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Converter
    165. TickTick
    166. Converter
    167. TickTick
    168. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    169. Converter
    170. TickTick
    171. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    172. TickTick
    173. Converter
    174. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    177. TickTick
    178. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick ×6
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (46 OS, 08/09/2026); 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

46.0 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
2986 metal received · 32608 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=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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