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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 · 1693 distinct matches · 245 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1987 · 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 1693 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 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 · 24 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    23. Mex
    24. 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 · 158 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Con turret
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. TickTick ×3
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. SentrySentry
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. SentrySentry
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×2
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Mex
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Mex
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:58
    39. TickTick ×3
    40. Mex
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. SentrySentry
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. TickTick
    48. SentrySentry
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. SentrySentry
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. TickTick ×5
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×3
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind
    97. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Wind
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Wind
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Wind
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×4
    124. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:27
    125. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:37
    126. Wind ×9
    127. Mex
    128. HoundHound
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Mex
    131. HoundHound
    132. Wind ×2
    133. HoundHound
    134. ScorpionScorpion
    135. Wind ×2
    136. HoundHound
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:41 · typical 9:01
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind ×7
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×2
    143. HoundHound
    144. ScorpionScorpion
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind ×4
    148. HoundHound
    149. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    150. Wind ×3
    151. HoundHound
    152. Wind ×2
    153. HoundHound
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. HoundHound

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GazzGrim's (30 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 7:23 · 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

1987 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
6:00503519331427
7:00625327222302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343294069
10:001053550094807
11:001237255365546
12:001452759886402
13:001685764696999
14:001922071917826
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

GazzGrim

30.3 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units · includes a constructor
577 metal received · 13356 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=1326
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1559

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