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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 · 1743 distinct matches · 252 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2039 · 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 1743 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 0:33–0:57

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Solar
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Solar
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Con turret
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. Solar
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind ×6
    37. BeholderBeholder
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Con turret
    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 · 74 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. Wind ×7
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. Wind ×17
    7. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:45
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    15. BeholderBeholder
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:20 · typical 9:00
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. CompassRadar bot
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:54
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. ButlerButler
    30. Metal storage
    31. ButlerButler
    32. Con turret
    33. Converter ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Pit BullPit Bull
    36. Con turret
    37. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    38. Converter
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Con turret
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Converter
    44. Con turret ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:12
    47. Converter
    48. Fusion ReactorFusion
    49. Converter ×2
    50. VeilVeil
    51. Converter
    52. Con turret ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Con turret ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Con turret ×2
    57. Converter ×3
    58. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:46
    59. Converter ×2
    60. ButlerButler
    61. Converter
    62. Fusion ReactorFusion
    63. ButlerButler
    64. Converter
    65. SharpshooterSniper botnot finished by 15:00
    66. Converter
    67. SmugglerJammer bot
    68. CompassRadar bot
    69. SharpshooterSniper bot
    70. Converter ×3
    71. SharpshooterSniper bot
    72. Converter ×3
    73. SharpshooterSniper bot
    74. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CrdFusCncrPOI_Yudchi's (36 OS, 22/08/2026); 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 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

2039 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001617135108
4:002699522333
5:0038461125783
6:00503419231423
7:00625627142300
8:00754335443161
9:00899643254062
10:001056950094787
11:001240955265544
12:001454659696391
13:001692064716975
14:001931372337822
15:002195778768687
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

CrdFusCncrPOI_Yudchi

35.7 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
93 metal received · 27727 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:57 · n=1369
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1316
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:15 · n=1600

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