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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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 1:02 · typical 0:48
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind ×3
    5. RoverScout
    6. Wind
    7. RoverScout
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. Mex
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. JanusJanus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. JanusJanus ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. JanusJanus
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. JanusJanus
    31. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
  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 · 246 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. Mex
    7. RoverScout
    8. Con turret
    9. RoverScout
    10. Wind
    11. RoverScout
    12. Wind
    13. RoverScout
    14. Con turret
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    16. RoverScout
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. RoverScout
    19. Wind
    20. RoverScout ×3
    21. OverwatchOverwatch
    22. RoverScout
    23. Wind
    24. RoverScout ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RoverScout ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RoverScout ×2
    29. Wind
    30. RoverScout ×3
    31. Wind
    32. RoverScout ×2
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RoverScout ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RoverScout
    38. SentrySentry
    39. RoverScout
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. RoverScout
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. RoverScout
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. RoverScout
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. RoverScout
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. RoverScout
    54. Wind
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. RoverScout
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. RoverScout
    63. Wind
    64. RoverScout
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Energy storage
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 8:54
    68. RoverScout
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. RoverScout
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. RoverScout
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. RoverScout
    80. Wind
    81. BeamerBeamer
    82. Energy storage
    83. RoverScout
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Energy storage
    87. RoverScout
    88. Wind ×2
    89. RoverScout ×2
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Wind
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind
    94. RoverScout
    95. Wind
    96. RoverScout ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. RoverScout
    100. SentrySentry
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. RoverScout
    104. SentrySentry
    105. Wind
    106. RoverScout ×2
    107. Wind ×2
    108. SentrySentry
    109. RoverScout
    110. Converter
    111. RoverScout
    112. Wind ×2
    113. RoverScout
    114. Wind
    115. RoverScout ×2
    116. Wind
    117. RoverScout
    118. Wind
    119. RoverScout ×2
    120. Converter
    121. RoverScout
    122. Wind ×2
    123. RoverScout ×3
    124. Wind
    125. RoverScout
    126. Wind
    127. RoverScout ×2
    128. Wind
    129. RoverScout ×2
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. RoverScout
    133. Wind
    134. RoverScout
    135. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    138. Wind
    139. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret
    142. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    151. RoverScout
    152. Wind
    153. RoverScout ×2
    154. Wind
    155. RoverScout
    156. Converter
    157. RoverScout ×2
    158. Wind
    159. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    160. Wind
    161. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    162. Wind
    163. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. RoverScout ×3
    169. Wind
    170. RoverScout ×3
    171. Converter
    172. RoverScout ×2
    173. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    174. RoverScout
    175. Wind
    176. RoverScout
    177. Wind
    178. RoverScout ×4
    179. Converter
    180. Wind
    181. RoverScout
    182. Wind
    183. RoverScout
    184. Wind ×3
    185. RoverScout ×3
    186. Wind
    187. RoverScout
    188. Wind ×2
    189. RoverScout
    190. Converter
    191. RoverScout ×3
    192. Wind ×2
    193. RoverScout
    194. Wind
    195. RoverScout ×3
    196. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    197. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    198. Converter
    199. Wind ×3
    200. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    201. SentrySentry
    202. Converter
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    205. Wind
    206. SentrySentry
    207. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    208. Wind
    209. Converter
    210. Wind
    211. RoverScout
    212. Wind ×2
    213. Converter
    214. Wind ×3
    215. Converter
    216. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    217. Wind
    218. Metal storage
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. Wind ×3
    222. Converter
    223. Wind
    224. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    225. Wind ×2
    226. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    227. Wind
    228. Converter
    229. Wind
    230. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    231. Wind ×3
    232. Converter
    233. Wind ×4
    234. Converter
    235. Wind ×4
    236. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    237. Wind
    238. Converter
    239. Wind ×3
    240. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    241. BeamerBeamer
    242. Wind ×3
    243. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    244. Converter
    245. Wind
    246. Construction VehicleCon vehicle

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is kuraga__prime's (44 OS, 15/09/2026); 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

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

kuraga__prime

44.3 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
189 metal received · 36998 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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