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

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
15 metal received · 21062 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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