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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 0:50 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. OverwatchOverwatch
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 77 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. CenturionCenturion ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 8:54
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Mex
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Mex ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Con turret
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind ×4
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×3
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Wind
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Pit BullPit Bull
    60. Wind
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×3
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×4
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×3
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn

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

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

49.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
673 metal received · 23141 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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