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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 · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    3. Mex
    4. JanusJanus ×2
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. BlitzBlitz ×3
    10. Mex
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. BeamerBeamer ×2
    13. ShellshockerArty
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind ×2
    16. JanusJanus
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Con turret
    21. JanusJanus
  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 · 88 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. JanusJanus
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Wind ×2
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Wind ×4
    7. ShellshockerArty
    8. Wind
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. ShellshockerArty
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Wind
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Wind
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind
    32. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:56
    35. WhistlerMissile truck
    36. Wind
    37. WhistlerMissile truck
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. JanusJanus
    43. Wind
    44. JanusJanus
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. JanusJanus
    48. Wind
    49. JanusJanus ×2
    50. ShellshockerArty ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. BlitzBlitz ×5
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. Energy storage
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz ×3
    77. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. Con turret ×2
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Con turret ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [CC]CupOfCoffee's (30 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

[CC]CupOfCoffee

30.2 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
251 metal received · 14670 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=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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