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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 52 steps
    1. TickTick ×7
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. TickTick
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. TickTick
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. TickTick
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. TickTick
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. TickTick
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. TickTick
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. TickTick ×5
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×7
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
  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 · 160 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×7
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Metal storage
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. TickTick
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×4
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. TickTick
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. TickTick
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Converter
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. TickTick
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. TickTick
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Converter
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Converter
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. Converter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Converter
    74. SentrySentry
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Converter
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. RocketeerRocketeer
    86. Mex
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. RocketeerRocketeer
    91. PawnPawn ×3
    92. BeamerBeamer
    93. RocketeerRocketeer
    94. Mex
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:33
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Mex
    104. TickTick
    105. SentrySentry ×2
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. TickTick ×4
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Con turret
    129. TickTick ×5
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Con turret
    133. TickTick
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick ×3
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×6
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×6
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind ×2
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. ErebusErebus
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind ×2
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind ×2
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind ×2
    160. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Blover's (38 OS, 14/10/2026); 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

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

Blover

37.8 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
643 metal received · 27764 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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