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Legion Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds a Legion Vehicle Plant immediately, fights with Lance and Barrage toward middle, and takes an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:22 as the standard eco-first Front play.

#eco · 56 distinct matches · 24 players · 81% of Legion Front games · team won 58% of 59 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Vehicle Plant by 0:55

  1. Take mex and wind, then rush Legion Vehicle Plant immediately.
  2. Finish Legion Vehicle Plant fast to start Barrage and Lance.
  3. Send first units to the coast to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Push Barrage and Lance to the coast line before moving to mid.
  5. Add Advanced Metal Extractor and keep mixed vehicle army flowing.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 56 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 Legion Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plant after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:47, middle half 0:37–0:55

    By 0:24 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Legion Vehicle Plant to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind
    Builders
    • Legion Construction Vehicle2 Legion Construction Vehicle
    Army
    • Pharos3 Pharos
    • Wheelie3 Wheelie
    • Lance3 Lance
    • Barrage2 Barrage

    Some games also: Decurion (47%) · con turret (41%) · Radar Tower (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 8 wind

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. WheelieWheelie
    2. Wind
    3. WheelieWheelie
    4. Mex
    5. WheelieWheelie
    6. Wind
    7. AlarisAlaris
    8. Wind
    9. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. HeliosHelios
    14. Wind
    15. HeliosHelios
    16. Mex
    17. BarrageBarrage
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. BarrageBarrage
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. BarrageBarrage
    26. PharosPharos
    27. Wind
    28. LanceLance
    29. Wind
    30. LanceLance
    31. PharosPharos
    32. Wind
    33. LanceLance
    34. PharosPharos ×2
    35. Wind
    36. LanceLance ×2
    37. Wind
    38. LanceLance
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Pharos2 Pharos
    • Lance3 Lance

    Some games also: Decurion (46%) · Legion Construction Vehicle (46%) · energy storage (42%) · Radar Tower (41%) · Barrage (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 222 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. LanceLance ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. LanceLance
    5. PharosPharos
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. HeliosHelios
    8. PharosPharos
    9. Converter
    10. HeliosHelios
    11. Mex
    12. Converter
    13. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    14. Converter
    15. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    16. Converter
    17. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Con turret
    20. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle ×2
    21. AlarisAlaris
    22. Con turret
    23. AlarisAlaris ×4
    24. Con turret
    25. AlarisAlaris ×4
    26. Con turret
    27. AlarisAlaris ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. AlarisAlaris
    31. Con turret
    32. AlarisAlaris
    33. Wind ×3
    34. AlarisAlaris
    35. Wind ×2
    36. AlarisAlaris
    37. Wind ×3
    38. AlarisAlaris
    39. Wind ×3
    40. AlarisAlaris
    41. Wind ×2
    42. HiveHive
    43. Wind
    44. AlarisAlaris
    45. Wind ×4
    46. AlarisAlaris
    47. Mex
    48. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    49. HiveHive
    50. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    51. Wind
    52. AlarisAlaris
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    55. Wind
    56. AlarisAlaris
    57. Wind ×3
    58. AlarisAlaris
    59. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    62. AlarisAlaris
    63. Wind
    64. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    67. AlarisAlaris
    68. CacophonyCacophony
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    71. AlarisAlaris
    72. Wind
    73. Mex
    74. Wind
    75. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    78. Wind
    79. AlarisAlaris
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    83. Wind
    84. AlarisAlaris
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Wind
    87. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Mex
    91. Wind ×2
    92. AlarisAlaris
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. AlarisAlaris
    98. Converter ×2
    99. AlarisAlaris
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. AlarisAlaris
    103. Converter
    104. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 13:46
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. AlarisAlaris
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. AlarisAlaris
    112. Converter
    113. Wind ×2
    114. AlarisAlaris
    115. Wind ×2
    116. AlarisAlaris
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. AlarisAlaris
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. AlarisAlaris
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. AlarisAlaris
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. CacophonyCacophony
    130. AlarisAlaris
    131. Wind ×2
    132. AlarisAlaris
    133. Wind
    134. AlarisAlaris
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    137. AlarisAlaris
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    140. AlarisAlaris
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. AlarisAlaris
    144. Wind ×3
    145. CacophonyCacophony
    146. Converter
    147. AlarisAlaris
    148. Wind ×2
    149. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    153. Wind ×2
    154. AlarisAlaris
    155. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Con turret
    158. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. AlarisAlaris
    162. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    163. Wind
    164. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:24
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    167. Converter
    168. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    169. Wind
    170. AlarisAlaris
    171. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. OcteresOcteresdone 14:35
    176. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    177. Wind
    178. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    179. Converter
    180. AlarisAlaris
    181. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Converter
    184. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    185. Converter
    186. AlarisAlaris
    187. NyxNyx
    188. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    192. AlarisAlaris
    193. Converter
    194. Wind
    195. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    196. AlarisAlaris
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    199. Con turret
    200. AlarisAlaris
    201. Con turret
    202. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    205. Con turret
    206. Converter
    207. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    208. Converter
    209. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    210. Wind
    211. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:13
    212. Converter
    213. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    214. OcteresOcteres ×2
    215. Converter
    216. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    217. Wind ×2
    218. Converter
    219. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    220. Wind
    221. Con turret
    222. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XuunnY's (33 OS, 06/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:15 · in 39% of games
  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 34% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:21 · in 46% 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

59 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:008382123
3:0016389369
4:002737275204
5:003791660400
6:0049471490930
7:00609523701439
8:00734930131961
9:00889037552931
10:001041143813770
11:001252947474213
12:001457657794939
13:001624661086040
14:001891267966680
15:002093572128266
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard front play, won more often than the other front position's economy-first build with less metal produced.

  • + Won 59% of games despite producing less metal than Geo sea's build.
  • − Loses more metal early than it destroys (333 lost vs 602 destroyed by 5:00 is the only positive window).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

XuunnY

33.0 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
282 metal received · 48318 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Legion Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:55 · n=42
Advanced Metal Extractor9:13Middle 50%: 8:38–10:20 · n=39

Played most by

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