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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 · 1019 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1164 · 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 1019 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 0:35–8:28

    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 ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:48
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. JanusJanus
    3. Wind
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex ×2
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus
    14. RoverScout ×6
    15. JanusJanus
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Con turret
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. 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%) · Lazarus (36%) · pawn (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 193 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck
    2. Wind
    3. WhistlerMissile truck
    4. Wind
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind
    7. WhistlerMissile truck
    8. Wind
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. Wind
    14. WhistlerMissile truck
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:25 · typical 8:54
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. WhistlerMissile truck
    40. Wind
    41. WhistlerMissile truck
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. WhistlerMissile truck
    44. Wind ×2
    45. WhistlerMissile truck ×5
    46. Wind ×6
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×5
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Con turret
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. Wind
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    56. Converter ×2
    57. Mex
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Converter
    63. BlitzBlitz ×3
    64. Converter
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Converter ×2
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Con turret
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz ×2
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Converter
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Converter
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Con turret
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz ×2
    116. Wind ×2
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Con turret
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Converter
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind ×2
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. Con turret
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Wind
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz ×2
    158. Wind
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Converter
    161. BlitzBlitz ×2
    162. Converter
    163. BlitzBlitz ×2
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz ×3
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz ×2
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. Con turret
    177. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. Wind
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. Wind
    182. Con turret
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Converter
    185. BlitzBlitz ×2
    186. Converter
    187. BlitzBlitz ×3
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz ×2
    190. Wind
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Wind
    193. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 7:17 · 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

1164 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002717543333
5:0038681207820
6:00507821231523
7:00632830082441
8:00765038673358
9:00908646854311
10:001069753455046
11:001262558335699
12:001484563906497
13:001744970097188
14:002018476238083
15:002274883768941
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

TrapCaT

41.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
313 metal received · 30349 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:28 · n=736
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=826
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=930

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