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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 · 1705 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1999 · 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 1705 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. MaceMace
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Mex
    17. MaceMace ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. TickTick
    22. SentrySentry
    23. TickTick
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. SentrySentry ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 179 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SentrySentry
    3. TickTick
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. Mex ×3
    19. Wind
    20. Energy storage
    21. TickTick
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:14 · typical 9:01
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. Mex
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Wind ×2
    40. NettleNettle
    41. Wind
    42. NettleNettle
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×3
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Wind
    59. SentrySentry
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Con turret
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Energy storage
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Energy storage
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Con turret
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick
    117. Pit BullPit Bull
    118. Converter
    119. TickTick
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. TickTick
    124. Converter
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Con turret
    130. TickTick
    131. Con turret
    132. TickTick
    133. Converter
    134. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:08 · typical 0:47
    135. TickTick
    136. PawnPawn
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick
    141. Converter
    142. Con turret
    143. PawnPawn
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. TickTick
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. PawnPawn
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. PawnPawn
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Con turret
    157. TickTick
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. TickTick
    160. Converter
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. PawnPawn
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. TickTick
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. TickTick
    167. PawnPawn
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. TickTick
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. TickTick
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 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

1999 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127784
6:00503519341427
7:00625127252302
8:00753535473173
9:00897343304069
10:001054650154807
11:001237655415547
12:001452759986408
13:001685764837002
14:001922071917827
15:002185478718698
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

Godmother13

39.0 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
83 metal received · 25459 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=1336
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1290
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1569

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