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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout ×4for Pond
    3. RoverScout
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. BlitzBlitz ×8
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Con turret
    24. BlitzBlitz
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (40%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. Con turret
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Con turret
    31. Energy storage
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz ×2
    42. Wind
    43. NettleNettle
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Wind
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. Wind
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. Wind
    62. Energy storage
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    64. Converter ×6
    65. Mex
    66. Converter ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 8:53
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. BlitzBlitz ×3
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz ×2
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz ×3
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz ×8
    109. Converter
    110. BlitzBlitz ×3
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. BlitzBlitz ×7
    113. Converter
    114. BlitzBlitz ×9
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Converter
    118. BlitzBlitz ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (48 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 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Hummell

48.3 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
445 metal received · 20394 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

Played most by

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