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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up immediately, units trickle to the coast and middle, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:00 as the eco transition.

#eco · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 7:43

  1. Open mex and wind, drop Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately.
  2. Pump Blitz, Rocketeer and Pawn to the coast to stop leaks first.
  3. Add Centurion and Janus once first units are moving up.
  4. Form units into a line pushing toward middle as numbers grow.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transition kicks in.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1722 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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:44, middle half 0:33–0:56

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 178 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×3
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Con turret
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex ×2
    12. StoutStout
    13. Wind
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. ShellshockerArty
    24. Wind
    25. StoutStout
    26. Wind
    27. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    28. Wind
    29. JanusJanus
    30. Wind
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. StoutStout
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Wind
    43. ShellshockerArty
    44. Wind
    45. ShellshockerArty
    46. Wind
    47. JanusJanus
    48. Wind ×3
    49. WhistlerMissile truck
    50. Wind ×3
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Converter
    56. ShellshockerArty
    57. StoutStout
    58. Energy storage
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind ×4
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. StoutStout
    66. Wind ×2
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Wind
    69. StoutStout
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. StoutStout
    77. Wind ×2
    78. StoutStout
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. Wind ×2
    81. StoutStout
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    90. Wind ×5
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. StoutStout
    94. SentrySentry
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:29 · typical 9:00
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Mex
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×3
    101. SentrySentry
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. SentrySentry
    105. Wind
    106. SentrySentry
    107. Wind
    108. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. BeamerBeamer
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×7
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind ×2
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. Converter ×2
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Mex
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind ×2
    135. NettleNettle
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. StoutStout
    145. Wind
    146. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. StoutStout
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. StoutStout
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind ×3
    156. StoutStout
    157. Wind ×3
    158. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    159. SentrySentry
    160. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    161. Con turret
    162. Wind
    163. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    164. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    165. Converter ×2
    166. SentrySentry
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Converter ×2
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind ×2
    171. SentrySentry
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×5
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:49 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer

    Some games also: Lazarus (49%) · tick (46%) · centurion (40%) · con vehicle (32%) · janus (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind ×4
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Converter
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×5
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×4
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo's (36 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:23 · in 65% 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

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than Suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00 while losing less of it.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22627 by 15:00, well above Suicide front's 20142.
  • + Own metal lost is 8944 by 15:00, lower than enemy metal destroyed ratio of Suicide front.
  • − First unit lost already at 1:43, showing exposure despite the safer position.
  • − Blitz dominates army share at 25%, leaving fewer Centurion for anti-swarm.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Buckyo

35.7 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
56 metal received · 43466 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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