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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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    17. SentrySentry
    18. LazarusLazarus ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 175 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind ×2
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:21 · typical 9:01
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. ThugThug
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. PawnPawn ×4
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. PawnPawn
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. ThugThug
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. LazarusLazarus ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. PawnPawn
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. ThugThug
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. PawnPawn
    65. ThugThug
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. ThugThug
    70. RocketeerRocketeer
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug
    74. PawnPawn
    75. BeamerBeamer
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. ThugThug
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×3
    86. Wind
    87. ThugThug
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. RocketeerRocketeer
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. ThugThug
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. PawnPawn
    96. RocketeerRocketeer
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×4
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Con turret
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:11
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind ×2
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn ×3
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Energy storage
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×2
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Energy storage
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Converter
    161. Wind ×2
    162. PawnPawn ×2
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. Wind
    166. Con turret
    167. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn ×2
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn ×3
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Converter
    175. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (42 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 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

AinzIsHere

42.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
961 metal received · 25347 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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