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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 · 1004 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1149 · 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 1004 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 · 52 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · typical 0:48
    3. RoverScout ×8
    4. BlitzBlitz ×2
    5. RoverScout
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. RoverScout ×3
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. JanusJanus
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. JanusJanus
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. Wind
    31. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    32. Wind
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. Wind
    35. WhistlerMissile truck
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    39. Wind
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    41. Metal storage
    42. Wind
    43. Energy storage
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:52 · 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 (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

  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 · 110 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Con turret
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. PawnPawn
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×3
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×3
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×5
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. PawnPawn ×4
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×4
    53. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:12
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind ×4
    58. WelderWelder
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Energy storage
    61. Wind
    62. WelderWelder
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Energy storage
    66. WelderWelder
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. WelderWelder
    70. Energy storage
    71. PawnPawn
    72. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:49
    73. WelderWelder
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind ×2
    76. PawnPawn
    77. SmugglerJammer bot
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. CompassRadar bot
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. SharpshooterSniper botdone 13:57
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:09
    88. Wind
    89. GhostGhost
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. ArchangelArchangeldone 14:20
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. CommanderCommander
    97. PawnPawn
    98. ScorpionScorpion
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. HoundHound
    103. PawnPawn
    104. HoundHound
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. SharpshooterSniper bot
    108. PawnPawn
    109. ScorpionScorpion
    110. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [OLYMPUS]TOWNS's (38 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

1149 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507621121522
7:00632629862445
8:00764938713358
9:00908046884311
10:001069353415062
11:001262258285713
12:001483463856524
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483778967
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

[OLYMPUS]TOWNS

37.5 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
9 metal received · 39944 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=726
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=815
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=919

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