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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 · 1752 distinct matches · 253 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 2050 · 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 1752 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 0:33–0:58

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 93 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Mex
    11. BlitzBlitz ×3
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Con turret
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. JanusJanus
    22. OverwatchOverwatch
    23. Wind ×2
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Mex
    29. Wind ×3
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
    33. Wind
    34. NettleNettle
    35. Wind
    36. WhistlerMissile truck
    37. Wind
    38. Energy storage
    39. WhistlerMissile truck
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Energy storage
    42. WhistlerMissile truck
    43. Con turret ×2
    44. Energy storage
    45. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    46. WhistlerMissile truck
    47. Energy storage
    48. WhistlerMissile truck
    49. Wind ×2
    50. GauntletGauntletdone 6:55
    51. Solar
    52. Wind ×3
    53. GauntletGauntlet
    54. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    55. Wind
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. GauntletGauntlet
    64. Con turret ×3
    65. Advanced solar ×2
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Advanced solar
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Converter ×2
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. Converter ×3
    72. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    73. Converter ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:00
    76. Con turret
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Converter ×4
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:56
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    87. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    88. Pit BullPit Bull
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. NettleNettle
    91. ChainsawChainsaw
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    93. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:42 · 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 (31%)

    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 · 1 step
    1. LazarusLazarus ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DontStreamSnipeMeBro's (31 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

2050 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700521333
5:0038461125787
6:00503419211425
7:00625527142294
8:00754335423161
9:00899343114058
10:001057049954783
11:001241055245537
12:001454659606389
13:001692264696966
14:001933472257827
15:002197478778694
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

DontStreamSnipeMeBro

31.1 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
31 metal received · 131435 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:58 · n=1377
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:12 · n=1322
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:15 · n=1609

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