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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 · 1005 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1150 · 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 1005 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 0:45 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. TickTick ×5
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind ×3
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Wind ×2
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. 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 · 200 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Con turret
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Mexfor Suicide front
    11. PawnPawn
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Con turret
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:25 · typical 8:54
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Energy storage
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Energy storage
    27. Mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Energy storage
    33. PawnPawn
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Con turret
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Mex
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×4
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn ×3
    61. SentrySentry
    62. TickTick
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Mex
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. TickTick
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. SentrySentry
    69. TickTick
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Mex
    79. Wind
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. SentrySentry
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. TickTick
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind
    99. CrossbowCrossbow
    100. SentrySentry
    101. CrossbowCrossbow
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. SentrySentry
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. SentrySentry
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn ×7
    125. SentrySentry
    126. PawnPawn ×5
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. Con turret
    129. PawnPawn
    130. SentrySentry
    131. Con turret
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. SentrySentry
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Con turret
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:49 · typical 0:48
    139. PawnPawn
    140. SentrySentry
    141. PawnPawn
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:12
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. StoutStout
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. StoutStout
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. StoutStout
    151. PawnPawn
    152. OspreyHeavy transport
    153. PawnPawn
    154. StoutStout
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. StoutStout
    157. LazarusLazarus
    158. StoutStout
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. PawnPawn
    161. StoutStout
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    164. BlinkScout plane
    165. PawnPawn
    166. StoutStout
    167. PawnPawn ×3
    168. StoutStout
    169. PawnPawn ×2
    170. StoutStout
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. BlinkScout plane
    173. StoutStout
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    176. StoutStout
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. StoutStout
    179. PawnPawn ×2
    180. StoutStout
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. StoutStout
    183. PawnPawn ×2
    184. StoutStout
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn ×2
    187. StoutStout
    188. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    189. Wind
    190. StoutStout
    191. PawnPawn ×2
    192. StoutStout
    193. PawnPawn ×2
    194. StoutStout
    195. PawnPawn
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn
    198. Pit BullPit Bull
    199. StoutStout
    200. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

1150 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002716542333
5:0038681201820
6:00507721131523
7:00632729962448
8:00764538723359
9:00908346884312
10:001069453425064
11:001262358335719
12:001483963906527
13:001744470137234
14:002018076238104
15:002270483818969
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

51.2 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
2343 metal received · 56939 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=727
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:59 · n=816
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=920

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