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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 · 67 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:52 · typical 0:47
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. JanusJanus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. JanusJanus
    23. Wind
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. JanusJanus
    30. Wind
    31. JanusJanus
    32. Wind
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Wind
    35. JanusJanus
    36. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. Wind
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×2
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. BeamerBeamer
    63. RoverScout ×3
    64. Wind ×3
    65. RoverScout ×3
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:39 · 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

  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 · 253 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. TickTick
    3. RoverScout
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. RoverScout
    9. TickTick
    10. RoverScout
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. RoverScout
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. RoverScout
    16. TickTick
    17. RoverScout
    18. TickTick
    19. RoverScout
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. RoverScout
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. TickTick
    26. RoverScout
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. RoverScout
    30. Converter
    31. TickTick
    32. RoverScout
    33. TickTick
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. RoverScout
    36. TickTick
    37. RoverScout
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick
    40. RoverScout
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. OverwatchOverwatch
    45. RoverScout
    46. TickTick
    47. RoverScout
    48. TickTick
    49. RoverScout
    50. Wind
    51. Energy storage
    52. TickTick
    53. RoverScout
    54. Converter
    55. TickTick
    56. RoverScout
    57. Wind ×3
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. RoverScout
    61. TickTick
    62. RoverScout
    63. TickTick
    64. Converter ×2
    65. Wind
    66. RoverScout
    67. TickTick
    68. RoverScout
    69. TickTick
    70. RoverScout
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. RoverScout
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. RoverScout
    77. Wind ×3
    78. TickTick
    79. Converter
    80. RoverScout
    81. TickTick
    82. RoverScout
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. RoverScout
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. RoverScout
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. RoverScout
    92. TickTick
    93. Converter ×2
    94. RoverScout
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind ×3
    98. RoverScout
    99. TickTick
    100. RoverScout
    101. TickTick
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. RoverScout
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. Converter ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Con turret
    110. RoverScout
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind ×4
    113. TickTick
    114. Converter
    115. RoverScout
    116. TickTick
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TickTick
    120. Mex
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. RoverScout
    123. TickTick
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. Wind
    126. RoverScout
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Wind
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. Wind ×3
    133. TickTick
    134. RoverScout
    135. Converter
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind ×2
    138. TickTick
    139. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    140. Mex
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. Wind ×3
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind ×2
    145. TickTick
    146. Converter
    147. Con turret
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. Wind ×2
    150. TickTick ×5
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind ×2
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:16
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×2
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind ×4
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    173. Wind ×5
    174. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:43 · typical 9:01
    175. Wind ×9
    176. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    177. Converter ×2
    178. Wind ×3
    179. MauserMauser
    180. Wind ×2
    181. MauserMauser
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    184. MauserMauser
    185. Wind ×2
    186. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Converter ×2
    189. Wind ×3
    190. MauserMauser
    191. Wind ×4
    192. MauserMauser
    193. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    194. Wind ×2
    195. FerretFerret
    196. Converter
    197. Wind
    198. MauserMauser
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Converter
    201. Wind ×5
    202. MauserMauser
    203. Wind ×3
    204. MauserMauser
    205. Converter ×2
    206. Wind ×2
    207. MauserMauser
    208. Wind
    209. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    210. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:52
    211. Wind ×2
    212. MauserMauser
    213. Wind ×5
    214. TickTick
    215. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    216. TickTick
    217. Converter ×2
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick
    220. Wind ×2
    221. TickTick
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick
    224. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    225. Wind ×2
    226. BeamerBeamer
    227. TickTick
    228. Wind
    229. Converter
    230. TickTick
    231. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    232. TickTick
    233. Wind ×3
    234. Converter
    235. TickTick ×2
    236. Construction BotCon bot
    237. Wind
    238. TickTick
    239. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    240. TickTick
    241. BeamerBeamer
    242. TickTick
    243. Con turret
    244. Wind ×4
    245. TickTick
    246. Wind
    247. Con turret
    248. TickTick
    249. Converter
    250. Con turret
    251. TickTick
    252. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    253. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Spongeb0b's (31 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

Spongeb0b

30.9 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
114 metal received · 36070 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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