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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 · 109 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:46 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. RoverScout
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. Mex
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. JanusJanus
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind ×2
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Wind ×2
    29. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    30. ShellshockerArty ×3
    31. StoutStout
    32. BlitzBlitz ×5
    33. Energy storage
    34. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 9:01
    36. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind ×2
    42. StoutStout
    43. Wind ×2
    44. StoutStout
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind ×2
    47. StoutStout
    48. Wind
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    50. StoutStout
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. StoutStout ×2
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Solar
    70. Wind
    71. Solar
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. Wind
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    78. Wind
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Wind
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind ×3
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind ×2
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. SentrySentry
    96. Wind
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind ×2
    104. SentrySentry
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:00 · 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 (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 · 44 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:13
    7. PawnPawn
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Wind ×2
    10. PawnPawn
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×3
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Call_Me_Sir's (34 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Call_Me_Sir

33.7 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
418 metal received · 13484 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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