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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 156 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:15 · typical 9:00
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Con turret
    26. PawnPawn
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Con turret
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. PawnPawn
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. Mex
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Mex
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind ×2
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Mex
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Mex
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Con turret
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Mex
    102. PawnPawn ×4
    103. SentrySentry
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:08 · typical 0:47
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×3
    108. SentrySentry
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Con turret
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Con turret
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:15
    131. Con turret
    132. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz ×2
    135. Wind ×3
    136. SentrySentry
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind ×2
    141. SentrySentry
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz ×2
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind ×2
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz ×3
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GazzGrim's (31 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

GazzGrim

30.8 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
213 metal received · 6662 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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