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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 1:07 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind ×2
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. SentrySentry ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
  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 · 107 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. SentrySentry ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. BeholderBeholder ×6
    11. PawnPawn
    12. BeholderBeholder
    13. NettleNettle
    14. PawnPawn
    15. SentrySentry
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind ×2
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. HarpoonHarpoon
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. HarpoonHarpoon
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Con turret
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×3
    68. Wind
    69. SentrySentry
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. TickTick
    79. HarpoonHarpoon
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. TickTick
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. TickTick
    101. PawnPawn ×3
    102. TickTick
    103. PawnPawn ×3
    104. TickTick
    105. PawnPawn ×3
    106. TickTick
    107. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

[Grump]_Doni

51.4 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
0 metal received · 59 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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