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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
  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 · 28 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:49 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RoverScout
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex ×2
    7. RoverScout ×3
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Mex
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. GroundhogGroundhog
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus ×2
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. JanusJanus
    25. SentrySentry ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. SentrySentry
    28. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 72 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. ShellshockerArty ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. GroundhogGroundhog
    10. Wind
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 9:00
    23. JanusJanus
    24. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    25. JanusJanus
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. RoverScout ×2
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Medium MineMedium Mine
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. JanusJanus
    35. Medium MineMedium Mine
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Medium MineMedium Mine
    42. JanusJanus
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind ×2
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. JanusJanus
    48. WhistlerMissile truck
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. RoverScout ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. RoverScout ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. SentrySentry
    55. RoverScout ×2
    56. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. RoverScout ×2
    59. SentrySentry
    60. RoverScout ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    63. Heavy MineHeavy Mine
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. SentrySentry
    66. RoverScout ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. RoverScout ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. RoverScout ×4
    72. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Call_Me_Sir's (33 OS, 04/08/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

Call_Me_Sir

33.1 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

73 received units · includes a constructor
176 metal received · 10304 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=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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