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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 · 1 step
    1. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 0:23 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. WheelieWheelie
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex ×2
    4. WheelieWheelie
    5. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. AlarisAlaris ×2
    8. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    9. AlarisAlaris ×2
    10. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    11. AlarisAlaris
    12. DecurionDecurion
    13. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    14. AlarisAlaris
    15. DecurionDecurion
    16. Converter
    17. DecurionDecurion
    18. Mex ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Mex
    21. Energy storage
    22. PharosPharos
    23. Con turret
    24. DecurionDecurion
  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 · 123 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Con turret
    3. DecurionDecurion
    4. Wind
    5. DecurionDecurion
    6. Converter
    7. PharosPharos
    8. DecurionDecurion
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Wind
    11. DecurionDecurion
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. DecurionDecurion
    16. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 7:50
    17. Wind
    18. DecurionDecurion
    19. BrambleBramble
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. DecurionDecurion ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    25. Legion Vehicle PlantEat Legion Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. DecurionDecurion
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Wind
    33. DecurionDecurion
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. DecurionDecurion
    37. Wind ×2
    38. NyxNyx
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:48 · typical 9:13
    41. Converter
    42. Mex
    43. Converter
    44. DecurionDecurion
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Converter
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. DecurionDecurion
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. DecurionDecurion
    52. Converter
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. DecurionDecurion
    56. Wind
    57. DecurionDecurion
    58. Wind ×2
    59. DecurionDecurion
    60. Converter
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. DecurionDecurion
    63. Wind ×4
    64. DecurionDecurion
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. DecurionDecurion
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. DecurionDecurion
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. DecurionDecurion
    76. Mexfor Suicide front
    77. Wind ×2
    78. DecurionDecurion
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. DecurionDecurion
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Con turret
    84. DecurionDecurion
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. DecurionDecurion
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. DecurionDecurion
    91. Wind ×2
    92. DecurionDecurion
    93. Wind
    94. PharosPharos
    95. DecurionDecurion
    96. Converter
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. DecurionDecurion
    99. Wind
    100. DecurionDecurion
    101. Wind
    102. DecurionDecurion
    103. Wind
    104. DecurionDecurion
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. Converter
    109. DecurionDecurion ×2
    110. Mex
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. DecurionDecurion
    113. Wind
    114. DecurionDecurion
    115. Wind
    116. DecurionDecurion ×2
    117. Wind
    118. PharosPharos
    119. DecurionDecurion
    120. Wind
    121. DecurionDecurion
    122. Converter
    123. DecurionDecurion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (32 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Vaticineur

31.7 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
108 metal received · 52821 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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