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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 · 1687 distinct matches · 243 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 1981 · 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 1687 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. OverwatchOverwatch
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
  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 · 163 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. GauntletGauntletdone 7:42
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. Con turret ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. SentrySentry
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Wind
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind ×2
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind ×4
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Wind
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind
    43. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Energy storage
    62. TickTick
    63. Energy storage
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. TickTick ×4
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. TickTick
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. Wind
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. TickTick
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick
    113. GauntletGauntlet
    114. Wind
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. TickTick
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Converter
    119. TickTick
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. Converter
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    131. Wind
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    133. TickTick
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    135. Wind
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. TickTick
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    139. Wind
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Converter
    146. LazarusLazarus
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Mex
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. LazarusLazarus
    162. TickTick ×6
    163. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _[BOBO]_'s (34 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

1981 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
7:00624927222309
8:00753335453177
9:00897043294073
10:001052950054812
11:001236455365547
12:001452759886408
13:001685764687002
14:001922072077830
15:002185478718698
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

_[BOBO]_

33.6 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
168 metal received · 65018 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=1323
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1277
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1555

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