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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 · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×5
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. SentrySentry ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
  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 (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 83 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Windfor Geo
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Windfor Geo
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. TickTick ×3
    8. SentrySentry
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Windfor Geo
    15. TickTick
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Air
    17. Windfor Geo
    18. TickTick
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Air
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. TickTick ×3
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Air
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. TickTick
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Air
    26. Windfor Geo
    27. Con turret
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Air
    29. TickTick
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Air
    31. TickTick
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Air
    33. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind ×4for Geo
    36. TickTick
    37. Con turret
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Air
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind ×2for Geo
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. TickTick
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    45. Windfor Geo
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. Windfor Geo
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×3for Geo
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×3for Geo
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    57. Wind ×3for Geo
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind ×2for Geo
    61. TickTick
    62. SentrySentry
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind ×2for Geo
    65. TickTick
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Windfor Geo
    68. TickTick
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. TickTick
    72. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    73. TickTick
    74. Windfor Geo
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 13:52 · typical 9:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Blover's (37 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 65% 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

Blover

37.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
2365 metal received · 9327 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=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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