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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Con turret
  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 · 176 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. TickTick
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:19 · typical 9:01
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×4
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Con turret
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×3
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Con turret
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:48 · typical 0:47
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:44
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. OspreyHeavy transport
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. FalconFighter
    96. Wind
    97. ChainsawChainsaw
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×3
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Converter
    104. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz ×2
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Converter
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:50
    126. Wind ×2
    127. OspreyHeavy transport
    128. Converter
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind ×4
    131. Converter
    132. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind ×3
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Wind ×4
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Wind ×4
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. Pit BullPit Bull
    154. Wind ×2
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind ×2
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Wind ×2
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Wind ×2
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind ×2
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heihallo's (32 OS, 14/08/2026); 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 7:23 · 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

heihallo

31.7 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
1154 metal received · 24341 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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