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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. 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 · 26 steps
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 0:42
    2. GoblinGoblin ×2
    3. Wind
    4. GoblinGoblin ×2
    5. Wind
    6. GoblinGoblin
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. BallistaBallista ×2
    10. Mex
    11. BallistaBallista ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. BallistaBallista
    15. Wind
    16. BallistaBallista ×2
    17. Mex
    18. BallistaBallista ×3
    19. Mex
    20. BallistaBallista
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. BallistaBallista ×4
    23. ZagreusZagreus
    24. BallistaBallista ×2
    25. ArgusArgus
    26. BallistaBallista
  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 · 77 steps
    1. BallistaBallista
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. BallistaBallista ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. ZagreusZagreus
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Wind
    8. ZagreusZagreus
    9. BallistaBallista
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. BallistaBallista
    13. Wind
    14. BallistaBallista ×2
    15. Wind
    16. BallistaBallista
    17. Wind
    18. BallistaBallista
    19. ZagreusZagreus
    20. Wind
    21. BallistaBallista
    22. Wind
    23. BallistaBallista
    24. Wind
    25. PharosPharos
    26. BallistaBallista
    27. Wind
    28. BallistaBallista
    29. PharosPharos
    30. Wind
    31. GoblinGoblin
    32. BallistaBallista ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BallistaBallista ×3
    35. KarkinosKarkinos
    36. Wind
    37. BallistaBallista ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BallistaBallista
    40. Wind
    41. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    42. KarkinosKarkinos
    43. BallistaBallista
    44. Wind
    45. ZagreusZagreus
    46. Wind
    47. ZagreusZagreus
    48. Wind
    49. KarkinosKarkinos
    50. Wind
    51. KarkinosKarkinos
    52. Wind ×2
    53. KarkinosKarkinos
    54. Wind
    55. KarkinosKarkinos
    56. Wind
    57. KarkinosKarkinos
    58. Wind ×2
    59. ZagreusZagreus
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. KarkinosKarkinos
    63. Wind
    64. KarkinosKarkinos
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. KarkinosKarkinos
    68. Wind
    69. KarkinosKarkinos
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter ×4
    74. Energy storage
    75. Wind ×5
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:13
    77. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (34 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

XXMACGAMERXX

33.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
39 metal received · 4924 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

Hummell13games of this buildXuunnY8games of this buildXXMACGAMERXX5games of this build[Crd]Atlas4games of this buildTheGeneraI3games of this build