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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 · 1699 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1993 · 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 1699 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 0:33–0:54

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 68 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:47 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz ×3
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. SentrySentry
    18. ShellshockerArty
    19. SentrySentry
    20. ShellshockerArty ×3
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Con turret
    23. ShellshockerArty
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. Con turret
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind ×2
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind ×2
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Energy storage
    49. Mex
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:22 · typical 9:01
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. NettleNettle
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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

  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 (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 · 169 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind
    14. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:48
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. Wind
    25. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:25
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz ×2
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. TickTick
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. TickTick
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. TickTick
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. TickTick
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. TickTick
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. TickTick
    74. SentrySentry
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. TickTick
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. TickTick
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. TickTick
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    102. FerretFerret
    103. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    104. ChainsawChainsaw
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz ×2
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. StoutStout
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. StoutStout
    119. Wind
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    121. StoutStout
    122. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    123. StoutStout
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. Wind
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. StoutStout
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    129. Wind
    130. StoutStout ×2
    131. Wind
    132. StoutStout
    133. Wind
    134. StoutStout
    135. Wind
    136. StoutStout
    137. Wind
    138. StoutStout
    139. Wind
    140. StoutStout
    141. Wind
    142. StoutStout
    143. Wind
    144. StoutStout
    145. Wind
    146. StoutStout
    147. Wind
    148. StoutStout
    149. Wind
    150. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:59
    151. StoutStout
    152. Wind
    153. SentrySentry
    154. Wind
    155. StoutStout
    156. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:07
    157. SentrySentry
    158. Wind
    159. StoutStout
    160. SentrySentry
    161. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    162. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    163. Wind ×2
    164. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    165. Wind
    166. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    167. Wind ×5
    168. Con turret ×2
    169. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Spreukenindekeuken's (37 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

1993 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002699522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519231427
7:00624927142302
8:00753435443173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335547
12:001452759766408
13:001685764686999
14:001922071637826
15:002185478688687
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

Spreukenindekeuken

36.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
24 metal received · 32572 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:54 · n=1331
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1563

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