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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 · 1687 distinct matches · 243 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 1981 · 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 1687 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 · 52 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind ×2
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Con turret
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz ×3
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Mex
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. BlitzBlitz ×5
    20. JanusJanus ×2
    21. BlitzBlitz ×5
    22. Wind
    23. JanusJanus
    24. Wind
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Wind
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Wind
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. ShellshockerArty
    35. Mex
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus ×2
    38. ShellshockerArty
    39. Wind
    40. ShellshockerArty
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. ShellshockerArty
    43. Mex
    44. ShellshockerArty ×2
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. ShellshockerArty
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. Mex
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. BlitzBlitz ×4
    52. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:28 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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

  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 · 57 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. BlitzBlitz ×5
    4. StoutStout
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. StoutStout
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:54 · typical 9:01
    9. StoutStout
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. StoutStout ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    13. Wind ×3
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. Solar
    17. Wind
    18. Solar
    19. Wind
    20. Solar
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Wind
    23. Solar
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind ×2
    29. ShellshockerArty
    30. Con turret ×2
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Con turret ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. ShellshockerArty ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz ×7
    36. Con turret
    37. LazarusLazarus ×4
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. LazarusLazarus ×2
    40. MauserMauser
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Con turret
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Con turret
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Con turret
    48. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BubaOfRohan's (32 OS, 12/09/2026); 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 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

1981 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519341428
7:00624927222309
8:00753335453177
9:00897043294073
10:001052950054812
11:001236455365547
12:001452759886408
13:001685764687002
14:001922072077830
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

BubaOfRohan

31.6 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

87 received units · includes a constructor
103 metal received · 12155 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=1323
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1277
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1555

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