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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 · 1697 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1991 · 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 1697 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 0:33–0:55

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. LazarusLazarus
  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 (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 · 95 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:34 · typical 9:01
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×5
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. SentrySentry ×2
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Energy storage
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    74. Wind
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Converter
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Wind
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. Wind
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is kellanvad's (35 OS, 05/10/2026); 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 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

1991 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002699522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519231426
7:00625127172302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335546
12:001452759766406
13:001685764686999
14:001922071817826
15:002185478698687
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

kellanvad

34.5 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
196 metal received · 6095 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:55 · n=1329
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1562

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