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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 · 1007 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1154 · 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 1007 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 0:46 · 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 · 43 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Con turret
  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 · 114 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind ×2
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind ×2
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×3
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. NettleNettle
    54. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    55. Wind
    56. FerretFerret
    57. Wind ×2
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:36 · typical 8:54
    60. Wind
    61. LazarusLazarus
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Wind
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. Wind
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. Wind
    68. RocketeerRocketeer
    69. Wind
    70. RocketeerRocketeer
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. CenturionCenturion
    77. Wind
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. RocketeerRocketeer
    83. Wind
    84. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    85. Wind
    86. RocketeerRocketeer
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Wind ×4
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. CenturionCenturion
    95. Wind ×3
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. Mexfor Suicide front
    98. Wind
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Wind
    101. Mex
    102. CenturionCenturion ×2
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. NettleNettle
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. FerretFerret
    108. CenturionCenturion ×4
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. CenturionCenturion ×2
    111. LazarusLazarus
    112. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    113. CenturionCenturion ×4
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (35 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

1154 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038651200821
6:00507421121523
7:00631429852452
8:00763738533361
9:00907946814319
10:001068453295064
11:001259858205719
12:001482163656527
13:001741969967244
14:002017276218099
15:002267783768960
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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.4 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
250 metal received · 11436 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=817
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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