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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 ×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 · 42 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. TickTick
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. TickTick
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. 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%) · 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 · 116 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. PawnPawn ×4
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 8:54
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×4
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×3
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. Wind
    54. BeamerBeamer
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Con turret
    62. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Con turret
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Advanced solar
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced solar
    71. PawnPawn
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×7
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced solar
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Advanced solar
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Energy storage
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn ×5
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced solar
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Pit BullPit Bull
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced solar
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced solar
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:59
    110. PawnPawn ×3
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×4
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×4
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (49 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

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

Naigel

49.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
196 metal received · 12782 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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