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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 · 1689 distinct matches · 244 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1983 · 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 1689 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 · 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 Bot2 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 · 30 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. 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 · 201 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×5
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Con turret
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Con turret
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Energy storage
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    21. Con turret
    22. PawnPawn ×3
    23. Con turret
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:10
    29. Con turret
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:00
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Converter
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind ×2
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Wind
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. BeamerBeamer
    82. Wind
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Wind ×4
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind ×5
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Con turret
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Converter
    104. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:17 · typical 0:47
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind ×2
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. Wind ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    116. Wind
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. ChainsawChainsaw
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Converter ×3
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Wind ×2
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind ×2
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Con turret
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind ×2
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz ×2
    154. Wind
    155. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    159. Wind
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    162. Converter
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Converter
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind
    174. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    179. Converter
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. Wind
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz ×2
    190. Wind
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Wind
    193. Pit BullPit Bull
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. Wind
    196. BlitzBlitz
    197. Wind ×3
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. Wind
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JosephPilates's (50 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

1983 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519341428
7:00625127222307
8:00753435453173
9:00897143294072
10:001052950054808
11:001236455365546
12:001452659886406
13:001685764686999
14:001921372077827
15:002184478698690
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

JosephPilates

49.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
54 metal received · 27743 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=1324
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1278
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1556

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