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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 · 1697 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1991 · 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 1697 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. TickTick
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. CenturionCenturion ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. MaceMace ×2
  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 · 101 steps
    1. MaceMace ×2
    2. Mex
    3. MaceMace
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. MaceMace
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Mex
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. MaceMace
    40. ThugThug
    41. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. PawnPawn
    44. MaceMace
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:25 · typical 9:01
    48. MaceMace
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×3
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Con turret ×3
    95. Metal storage
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Con turret ×2
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheAdmiral's (34 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

1991 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
6:00503519231426
7:00625127172302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335546
12:001452759766406
13:001685764686999
14:001922071817826
15:002185478698687
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

TheAdmiral

34.5 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
838 metal received · 8246 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=1329
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1562

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