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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 0:33–0:56

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 36 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout ×2
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×3
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. JanusJanus ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. BlitzBlitz ×2
    15. Mex
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. ShellshockerArty
    27. Wind ×3
    28. ShellshockerArty
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. ShellshockerArty
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
  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 · 167 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Wind
    9. OverwatchOverwatch
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Wind
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz ×2
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz ×5
    22. Converter
    23. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Converter
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Converter
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Converter
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Energy storage
    32. BlitzBlitz ×4
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind ×3
    36. RoverScout ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:11
    38. RoverScout
    39. Wind
    40. RoverScout
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout
    43. Wind
    44. RoverScout
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. RoverScout
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. RoverScout
    50. GroundhogGroundhog
    51. RoverScout
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Wind ×3
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind
    58. SentrySentry
    59. RoverScout
    60. Wind
    61. RoverScout ×2
    62. Con turret
    63. RoverScout
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz ×2
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×3
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×3
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Wind
    90. RoverScout
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. RoverScout
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. RoverScout
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. RoverScout
    101. Advanced ExploiterAdvanced Exploiterdone 13:16
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. RoverScout
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. RoverScout
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. RoverScout
    108. Energy storage
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. RoverScout
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. RoverScout
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. RoverScout
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. RoverScout
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. RoverScout
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. RoverScout
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. RoverScout
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. RoverScout
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. RoverScout
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. RoverScout
    135. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. RoverScout
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    140. Wind
    141. RoverScout
    142. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    145. RoverScout
    146. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    149. Wind
    150. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    151. RoverScout
    152. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    153. Wind
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. RoverScout
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. RoverScout ×2
    159. Wind
    160. RoverScout
    161. Wind
    162. RoverScout ×4
    163. Wind ×2
    164. RoverScout ×4
    165. Wind ×2
    166. RoverScout
    167. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GoldReasons's (34 OS, 05/10/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

GoldReasons

34.1 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
190 metal received · 41325 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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