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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  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

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RoverScout
    15. Mex
    16. RoverScout ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. JanusJanus
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. JanusJanus
    22. RoverScout ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RoverScout
    25. ShellshockerArty
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. RoverScout
    29. Wind
    30. RoverScout
    31. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. 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 (45%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (37%) · Radar Tower (36%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 113 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Con turret
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind ×2
    14. BlitzBlitz ×2
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Mex
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind ×2
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Converter ×3
    45. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    46. Converter ×3
    47. Mex
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Converter
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Converter
    52. NettleNettle
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. NettleNettle
    55. Converter
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. BlitzBlitz ×5
    59. Con turret
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Mex
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. RoverScout
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. Mex
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. RoverScout
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. Energy storage
    92. RoverScout
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Mex
    97. BlitzBlitz ×2
    98. RoverScout
    99. BlitzBlitz ×4
    100. RoverScout
    101. BlitzBlitz ×4
    102. RoverScout
    103. BlitzBlitz ×4
    104. RoverScout
    105. BlitzBlitz ×4
    106. RoverScout
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Mex
    109. BlitzBlitz ×3
    110. RoverScout
    111. BlitzBlitz ×4
    112. RoverScout
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is LucyGoesAir'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 7:24 · in 64% 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

LucyGoesAir

35.7 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
322 metal received · 5422 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=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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