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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 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Energy storage
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. 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 · 216 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Con turret
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:01
    41. GuardGuard
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. GuardGuard
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×3
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×2
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Con turret
    116. PawnPawn ×6
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Converter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. Con turret
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Converter
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Con turret
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Con turret
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Con turret
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Construction BotCon bot
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. Construction BotCon bot
    172. Wind
    173. Construction BotCon bot
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind
    178. Con turret
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Converter
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Con turret
    183. Wind
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Con turret
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Con turret
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×4
    191. Con turret
    192. PawnPawn ×2
    193. Con turret
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Converter
    196. Con turret
    197. PawnPawn ×4
    198. Wind
    199. Advanced solar
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Wind
    202. Advanced solar
    203. Wind
    204. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Advanced solar
    208. PawnPawn
    209. Wind
    210. Converter
    211. Wind
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Wind ×3
    214. Advanced solar
    215. PawnPawn
    216. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (41 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

TrapCaT

41.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
30 metal received · 11721 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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