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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 · 1003 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1147 · 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 1003 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. TickTick
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Converter
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. TickTick
    33. Converter
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. TickTick
    41. 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 · 112 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Converter
    13. TickTick
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. TickTick
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Converter
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×4
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:14 · typical 8:54
    46. Mex ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. SentrySentry
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. PawnPawn
    54. SentrySentry
    55. PawnPawn ×3
    56. Mex
    57. PawnPawn ×3
    58. SentrySentry
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:55
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. TickTick
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind ×5
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PlatypusPlatypus
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×2
    76. PlatypusPlatypus
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. PlatypusPlatypus
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. PlatypusPlatypus
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Con turret
    86. PlatypusPlatypus
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Advanced solar
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind ×3
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Advanced solar
    103. Wind ×2
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Wind ×6
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Advanced solar
    108. Wind
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. Wind ×6
    111. Advanced solar
    112. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (36 OS, 05/08/2026); 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

1147 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002716541333
5:0038681200820
6:00507721121522
7:00632829862436
8:00765138713357
9:00908546884310
10:001069353415060
11:001262258285711
12:001483463856521
13:001744070107232
14:002017676238103
15:002268483748952
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

El_Turco

35.6 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
764 metal received · 9204 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=724
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=814
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=917

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