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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 · 34 steps
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 0:42
    2. GoblinGoblin
    3. Wind
    4. GoblinGoblin ×3
    5. Wind
    6. GoblinGoblin ×2
    7. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. BallistaBallista
    10. PharosPharos
    11. BallistaBallista
    12. Mex
    13. BallistaBallista
    14. Wind
    15. BallistaBallista
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. ZagreusZagreus
    19. Mex
    20. BallistaBallista
    21. PharosPharos ×2
    22. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    23. PharosPharos
    24. BallistaBallista
    25. Mex
    26. BallistaBallista
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. BallistaBallista
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. BallistaBallista ×2
    31. PharosPharos
    32. BallistaBallista
    33. ZagreusZagreus ×2
    34. BallistaBallista ×4
  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 · 188 steps
    1. BallistaBallista ×2
    2. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    3. BallistaBallista ×6
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. BallistaBallista
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. BallistaBallista ×2
    9. Mex
    10. BallistaBallista
    11. Wind
    12. ZagreusZagreus
    13. Wind
    14. ZagreusZagreus
    15. Wind
    16. BallistaBallista
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. BallistaBallista
    20. Wind
    21. BallistaBallista
    22. Wind
    23. BallistaBallista
    24. Wind
    25. BallistaBallista ×2
    26. Wind
    27. BallistaBallista
    28. Energy storage
    29. Wind
    30. PharosPharos
    31. BallistaBallista
    32. GoblinGoblin
    33. Wind
    34. PharosPharos
    35. GoblinGoblin ×2
    36. Wind
    37. GoblinGoblin
    38. Wind
    39. GoblinGoblin
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:58 · typical 9:13
    42. Con turret
    43. GoblinGoblin ×6
    44. Mex
    45. GoblinGoblin
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. GoblinGoblin ×6
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. GoblinGoblin ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. GoblinGoblin ×5
    52. Wind
    53. GoblinGoblin ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. GoblinGoblin
    57. Wind
    58. GoblinGoblin
    59. Wind
    60. GoblinGoblin
    61. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:58
    62. Wind
    63. GoblinGoblin ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. GoblinGoblin ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. GoblinGoblin
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Con turret
    71. GoblinGoblin
    72. Wind
    73. GoblinGoblin
    74. Wind
    75. GoblinGoblin
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. GoblinGoblin
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. GoblinGoblin
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. GoblinGoblin
    83. Con turret
    84. PharosPharos
    85. Wind
    86. GoblinGoblin
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. GoblinGoblin
    90. PharosPharos
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. GoblinGoblin ×2
    94. Wind ×2
    95. PharosPharos
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. GoblinGoblin
    98. Wind ×2
    99. GoblinGoblin
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. GoblinGoblin
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. GoblinGoblin
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. GoblinGoblin
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. GoblinGoblin
    109. Wind
    110. GoblinGoblin
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. GoblinGoblin
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. GoblinGoblin ×2
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. GoblinGoblin
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. GoblinGoblin
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. GoblinGoblin
    125. Wind ×2
    126. GoblinGoblin
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. GoblinGoblin
    129. Wind
    130. GoblinGoblin
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. GoblinGoblin
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. GoblinGoblin ×2
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. GoblinGoblin ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. GoblinGoblin
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. GoblinGoblin ×2
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. GoblinGoblin
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Wind
    149. GoblinGoblin
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. GoblinGoblin
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. Wind
    154. GoblinGoblin
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. GoblinGoblin
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. GoblinGoblin
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. GoblinGoblin
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. GoblinGoblin
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. GoblinGoblin
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. GoblinGoblin
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. GoblinGoblin
    171. Con turret
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. GoblinGoblin
    174. Con turret
    175. GoblinGoblin
    176. PharosPharos
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. GoblinGoblin ×2
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Con turret
    181. GoblinGoblin
    182. PharosPharos
    183. GoblinGoblin
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. GoblinGoblin
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. GoblinGoblin
    188. PharosPharos

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (33 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

33.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
379 metal received · 29353 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