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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. Wind
    3. 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 (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 6 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo's (36 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 7:24 · 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

Buckyo

36.0 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
133 metal received · 41335 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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