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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick ×4
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick ×6
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Mex
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Con turret
    25. 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 · 152 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Energy storage
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:04 · typical 8:54
    22. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    23. Converter
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Converter
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Converter
    31. Mex
    32. Con turret
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    38. Wind
    39. GauntletGauntlet
    40. Wind ×3
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn ×3
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×4
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×3
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn ×2
    62. Wind
    63. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:17
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn ×4
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    109. Con turret
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. NettleNettle
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Wind
    122. BeamerBeamer
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×5
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. Wind
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×3
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. Wind
    146. LazarusLazarus ×3
    147. Wind
    148. LazarusLazarus ×2
    149. StoutStout
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. Wind
    152. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (46 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

Gieds

45.5 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
531 metal received · 39037 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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