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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 · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 42 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Mex
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · energy storage (43%) · Lazarus (38%) · con bot (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 141 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Mex
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Energy storage
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×4
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:18 · typical 9:00
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. CenturionCenturion ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. Advanced solar
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. AggravatorAggravator
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×3
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Mex
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Mex
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Energy storage
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced solar
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Advanced solar
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Advanced solar
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Advanced solar
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Con turret
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×4
    115. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:20
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. CenturionCenturion ×2
    120. Wind
    121. CenturionCenturion
    122. Advanced solar
    123. CenturionCenturion
    124. Wind
    125. CenturionCenturion
    126. PawnPawn ×2
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×4
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn ×3
    131. T2 converter
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. Con turret
    135. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind ×2
    141. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (43 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 65% 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

JustSomeGuy

42.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
198 metal received · 43704 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=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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