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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. 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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Mex
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. SentrySentry
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    29. LazarusLazarus ×2
  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 · 170 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Converter
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. TickTick
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. TickTick
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. TickTick
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. TickTick ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Mex
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Energy storage
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Con turret
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    41. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. TickTick
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. TickTick
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:34 · typical 0:48
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:25 · typical 8:54
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. StoutStout
    82. TickTick
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. TickTick
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    86. TickTick
    87. StoutStout
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. StoutStout
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. Wind
    94. StoutStout
    95. Con turret
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. PawnPawn
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. NettleNettle
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. StoutStout
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. NettleNettle
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. TickTick
    112. NettleNettle
    113. TickTick
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. LazarusLazarus
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Wind
    128. RoverScout
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×3
    135. Wind ×2
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. BeamerBeamer
    144. Wind
    145. LazarusLazarus
    146. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    149. Wind
    150. Mex
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. SentrySentry
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Wind
    159. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind ×2
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Mex
    166. Wind
    167. LazarusLazarus
    168. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    169. Wind ×2
    170. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jazmastah's (36 OS, 24/08/2026); 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

jazmastah

36.1 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
262 metal received · 38987 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=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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