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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. Mex
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    22. Mex
    23. Con turret
    24. PawnPawn
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. SentrySentry
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. LazarusLazarus ×2
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. PawnPawn ×3
  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 · 87 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×5
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×5
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. PawnPawn
    29. SentrySentry
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. PawnPawn ×7
    33. ThugThug
    34. PawnPawn
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Mex
    40. PawnPawn
    41. ThugThug
    42. PawnPawn ×4
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:38 · typical 8:54
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Mex
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. Mex
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. PawnPawn
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. PawnPawn ×3
    52. ThugThug
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. Mex
    55. Solar
    56. PawnPawn
    57. ThugThug
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Mex
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. Wind
    62. Solar
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. PawnPawn
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Mex
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. RocketeerRocketeer
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    76. ThugThug
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:43
    78. NettleNettle
    79. Wind
    80. TrasherTrasher
    81. NettleNettle
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. TrasherTrasher
    85. Wind
    86. TrasherTrasher
    87. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HamoodLovesEstorage's (49 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

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

HamoodLovesEstorage

49.2 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
111 metal received · 26194 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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