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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 · 1031 distinct matches · 138 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1178 · 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 1031 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 0:35–8:09

    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 0:47 · 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 (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Con turret
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 139 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    6. Wind
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. Energy storage
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Energy storage
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Mex
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:58 · typical 0:48
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Mex
    52. Con turret
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. GroundhogGroundhog
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Light MineLight Mine
    59. Con turret
    60. PawnPawn
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Light MineLight Mine
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:25 · typical 8:54
    64. Light MineLight Mine
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Con turret
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. PawnPawn
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. SentrySentry
    82. RocketeerRocketeer
    83. Wind
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Wind
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    90. PawnPawn
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. SentrySentry
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind ×2
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Energy storage
    101. Wind ×2
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Wind ×4
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. CenturionCenturion
    106. Wind
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Wind
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    112. RocketeerRocketeer
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    115. LazarusLazarus
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Wind ×2
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. SentrySentry
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind ×2
    124. SentrySentry
    125. Pit BullPit Bull
    126. Wind
    127. Mex
    128. CenturionCenturion
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind ×2
    131. CenturionCenturion
    132. Wind ×2
    133. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind ×2
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MrCoolPotato's (43 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

1178 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001627141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681203819
6:00507621121523
7:00632029742422
8:00763938233347
9:00908346414308
10:001069653295042
11:001262558255692
12:001483963816492
13:001743369777174
14:002016376218077
15:002267783748941
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

MrCoolPotato

43.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
296 metal received · 83332 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:09 · n=746
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:38–0:59 · n=832
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=940

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