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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 · 72 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:46 · typical 0:47
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. SentrySentry
    10. JanusJanus
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. Mex
    13. StoutStout
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Con turret
    22. StoutStout
    23. JanusJanus
    24. WhistlerMissile truck ×9
    25. Mex
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Energy storage
    38. Con turret
    39. BlitzBlitz ×5
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    41. StoutStout ×4
    42. Mex
    43. StoutStout
    44. Converter
    45. StoutStout
    46. Converter ×2
    47. StoutStout
    48. Converter ×2
    49. StoutStout
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:36 · typical 9:00
    51. Wind
    52. StoutStout
    53. Wind ×2
    54. StoutStout
    55. Wind
    56. StoutStout
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. StoutStout
    60. Wind ×2
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. StoutStout
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. StoutStout
    67. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Mex
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:48 · 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 (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 · 85 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×4
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. BeholderBeholder
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×4
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×4
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Mex
    26. TickTick
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×4
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Mex
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn ×3
    75. BeamerBeamer
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    78. ChainsawChainsaw
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Con turret
    85. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Reasonable1337's (33 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

Reasonable1337

33.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
299 metal received · 68366 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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