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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 · 1699 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1993 · 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 1699 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 0:33–0:54

    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 ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · 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 ×4
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. SentrySentry
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Wind
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. StoutStout
    21. 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 · 108 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    4. Mex
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. SentrySentry
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. BlitzBlitz ×13
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. BlitzBlitz ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:27
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind ×2
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind
    19. StoutStout
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Solar
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. StoutStout
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. StoutStout
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. StoutStout
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind
    36. StoutStout
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. StoutStout
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Mex
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. StoutStout
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. Mex
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. StoutStout
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz ×3
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. StoutStout
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:50 · typical 9:01
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×3
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz ×2
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    93. Wind
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Con turret ×2
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Con turret
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (33 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

1993 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
6:00503519231427
7:00624927142302
8:00753435443173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335547
12:001452759766408
13:001685764686999
14:001922071637826
15:002185478688687
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

starbird

32.9 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
442 metal received · 4728 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:54 · n=1331
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1563

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