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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  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 · 23 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. SentrySentry
    17. JanusJanus
    18. ShellshockerArty ×2
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. StoutStout
    21. Wind
    22. StoutStout
    23. SentrySentry
  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 · 97 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty ×2
    2. StoutStout
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. BlitzBlitz ×8
    5. Con turret
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Mex
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Twilight
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Wind
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:50 · typical 9:00
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. BeholderBeholder
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×2
    38. BeholderBeholder
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    44. Wind ×5
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz ×2
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 13:09
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. CrocodileCrocodile
    75. Con turret ×2
    76. CrocodileCrocodile
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Con turret
    79. CrocodileCrocodile
    80. Wind ×2
    81. CrocodileCrocodile
    82. Wind
    83. CrocodileCrocodile
    84. Wind
    85. Pit BullPit Bull
    86. Wind
    87. CrocodileCrocodile
    88. Wind
    89. CrocodileCrocodile
    90. Wind
    91. CrocodileCrocodile
    92. Wind
    93. CrocodileCrocodile
    94. Wind
    95. CrocodileCrocodile
    96. Wind
    97. Pit BullPit Bull

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (33 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

starbird

32.9 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1 metal received · 12536 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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