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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 · 1689 distinct matches · 244 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1983 · 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 1689 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 0:33–0:55

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 112 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:50 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind ×2
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    10. Mex
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. RoverScout
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Energy storage
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Mex
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    23. JanusJanus
    24. SentrySentry
    25. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    26. JanusJanus
    27. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    28. JanusJanus
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. ShellshockerArty
    31. Con turret
    32. ShellshockerArty ×2
    33. Mex
    34. Wind
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Wind
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Wind
    39. WhistlerMissile truck
    40. Wind ×2
    41. WhistlerMissile truck
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. JanusJanus
    45. BlitzBlitz ×2
    46. Wind
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. JanusJanus
    55. Mex
    56. WhistlerMissile truck
    57. Mex
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Converter
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    64. Metal storage
    65. Converter
    66. Mex
    67. Converter ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Converter
    79. Mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×4
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:53 · typical 9:00
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×3
    109. Converter
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:15 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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 (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 · 54 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. TickTick
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Converter
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×4
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:40
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Con turret
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (32 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

1983 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519341428
7:00625127222307
8:00753435453173
9:00897143294072
10:001052950054808
11:001236455365546
12:001452659886406
13:001685764686999
14:001921372077827
15:002184478698690
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

DrSmack

31.8 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
22 metal received · 29376 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:55 · n=1324
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1278
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1556

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