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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Mex
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. 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 · 139 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. OverwatchOverwatch
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. GauntletGauntletdone 7:30
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. Energy storage
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind ×2
    32. GauntletGauntlet
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. TickTick
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    44. TickTick
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Con turret
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×3
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×3
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:16 · typical 9:01
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. LazarusLazarus
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. CenturionCenturion
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    83. Wind
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    87. Converter
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    89. Con turret
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    91. TickTick
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×4
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. TickTick
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. TickTick
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×4
    106. GauntletGauntlet
    107. TickTick
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×5
    112. Converter
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Con turret
    117. TickTick ×4
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×11
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. TickTick ×10
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. TickTick
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    125. TickTick
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:51
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Wind
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. TickTick ×3
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×4
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Nampukk's (31 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 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

[BS]Nampukk

30.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
73 metal received · 19667 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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