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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×3
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Mex
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×3
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
  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 · 115 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Con turret
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. Mex
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
    21. SentrySentry
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×7
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×7
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Mex
    30. PawnPawn ×5
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×6
    33. Mex
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×7
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×5
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×5
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. PawnPawn ×4
    46. SentrySentry
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×3
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. SentrySentry
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Con turret
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Con turret
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Mex
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Advanced solar
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced solar
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. Advanced solar
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. Energy storage
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Advanced ExploiterAdvanced Exploiterdone 12:06
    80. PawnPawn ×3
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×7
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×7
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. ScreamerScreamerdone 12:58
    88. PawnPawn
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. PawnPawn ×3
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×8
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×3
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced ExploiterAdvanced Exploiter
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×8
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×4
    106. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×5
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (49 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

Naigel

48.5 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
91 metal received · 123848 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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