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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

[Grump]Matsuri

37.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

44 received units · includes a constructor
178 metal received · 11310 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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