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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
  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 · 137 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:21 · typical 9:01
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Con turret
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. PawnPawn
    43. SentrySentry ×2
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    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 ×6
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Con turret ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. VeilVeil
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Metal storage
    108. Wind ×7
    109. Advanced solar
    110. Wind
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced solar
    114. Wind
    115. FerretFerret
    116. Wind
    117. FerretFerret
    118. Wind
    119. FerretFerret
    120. Wind ×2
    121. FerretFerret
    122. Wind
    123. FerretFerret
    124. Wind
    125. FerretFerret
    126. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:53
    127. Advanced solar
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. Advanced solar
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Advanced solar
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Advanced solar
    134. PawnPawn
    135. ArbalestArbalest
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alexspeed's (33 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

Alexspeed

33.4 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
641 metal received · 24677 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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