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SUPREME ISTHMUS / 8 VS 8 / FRONT

Front
build orders.

The frontline position on the long beach side: holds the wider gap and joins the fight for the middle.
Players also call it Front, long beach side.
What does Front do? →

THE OPENING BOOK

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Clear role ×

Front · Armada 1,533 games · 5 builds · standard play in 75%

Front · Cortex 277 games · 3 builds · standard play in 63%

Front · Legion 25 games · 1 builds · standard play in 76%

Front position achieves first kill slightly earlier than Suicide front

Front gets its first kill at 1:47, compared to Suicide front's 2:05.

By 15:00
First kill100%
First unit lost100%
First Janus46%
First Centurion34%
T2 constructor85%
0:003:006:009:0012:0015:00

Dot: typical time. Bar: middle half of the games that get there. Right: share of games that get there.

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MilestoneTypicalMiddle halfShare of games
First kill1:471:20–2:29100%
First unit lost1:491:26–2:26100%
First Janus1:531:39–2:0846%
First Centurion1:531:42–2:1634%
T2 constructor7:456:47–8:5885%
MOST COMMON FIRST · WHAT SETS EACH BUILD APART · TYPICAL TIMINGSEVIDENCE
01
FrontArmadaEconomy first#defence#artillery

Gauntlet defence

Economy-first start that leads with a Gauntlet from 5:30 to anchor the middle with area-control artillery well before it's normal for the role, fighting purely forward in the middle before transitioning into a broader army.

Early defence from 5:28 · 8% of role by then

Bot Lab → Vehicle Plant → Gauntlet → Advanced Metal Extractor

OPENINGMetal Extractor ×3×3→Wind Turbine→Vehicle Plant→Wind Turbine ×3×3→Metal Extractor ×3×3→Radar Tower→Sentry ×2×2→Beamer

6% of Armada Front games · team won 56% of 94 · Then: blitz, rocketeer, Rattlesnake · Last seen 30 Sept

91MATCHES48 players
02
FrontArmadaEconomy first#artillery#rush

Shellshocker artillery

A fast T1 vehicle artillery build getting Shellshockers out by 2:55, well ahead of the role's usual timing, to support the fight in the middle with light artillery before transitioning into a Blitz-led army.

T1 vehicle artillery from 2:46 · 9% of role by thenArty in 58%Janus in 42%

Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor

OPENINGMetal Extractor ×2×2→Wind Turbine ×2×2→Vehicle Plant→Metal Extractor ×4×4→Sentry→Dragon's Teeth ×11×11→Sentry→Metal Extractor

1% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 19 · Then: blitz, Rattlesnake, janus · Last seen 30 Sept

19MATCHES9 players
Updated 30/09/2026, 15:17:19 UTCHow builds are found ↗