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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. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 0:46 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. WheelieWheelie ×5
    3. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    6. Mex ×2
    7. BarrageBarrage
    8. Mex
    9. BarrageBarrage
    10. PharosPharos
    11. Wind
    12. PharosPharos
    13. BarrageBarrage
    14. Wind
    15. DecurionDecurion
    16. BarrageBarrage
    17. Wind
    18. PharosPharos
    19. BarrageBarrage
    20. Wind
    21. BarrageBarrage
    22. PharosPharos ×2
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. DecurionDecurion
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    28. LanceLance
    29. Wind
    30. LanceLance ×2
    31. Wind
    32. 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 · 86 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LanceLance ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LanceLance
    5. Wind
    6. DecurionDecurion
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:28 · typical 9:13
    8. Wind
    9. LanceLance
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    13. LanceLance
    14. Wind
    15. LanceLance
    16. Wind
    17. DecurionDecurion
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. LanceLance
    21. Wind
    22. LanceLance ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    29. Wind
    30. DecurionDecurion
    31. Wind
    32. LanceLance
    33. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    34. Wind
    35. LanceLance ×2
    36. Wind
    37. DecurionDecurion
    38. Mex
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. LanceLance
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. LanceLance ×2
    46. Wind
    47. DecurionDecurion
    48. Wind ×2
    49. LanceLance ×2
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. LanceLance
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. DecurionDecurion
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. LanceLance
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. LanceLance
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. LanceLance
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. DecurionDecurion
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. LanceLance
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. PharosPharos
    81. LanceLance
    82. Wind ×2
    83. LanceLance
    84. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    85. Wind ×2
    86. DecurionDecurion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (33 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

JesterB

33.2 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
43 metal received · 22209 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

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