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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. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 0:47
    3. Wind
  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 · 28 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. BlitzBlitz ×3
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Geo
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Geo
    15. Con turret
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. Wind
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. JanusJanus ×2
    23. Wind
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. ShellshockerArty ×2
    27. Wind
    28. ShellshockerArty ×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 (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 · 77 steps
    1. Wind
    2. OverwatchOverwatch
    3. ShellshockerArty
    4. Wind
    5. ShellshockerArty ×2
    6. Wind
    7. ShellshockerArty
    8. Wind
    9. ShellshockerArty
    10. Wind
    11. ShellshockerArty
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. ShellshockerArty
    18. Wind
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Wind
    23. ShellshockerArty ×2
    24. Wind
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. Wind ×2
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. Wind
    35. JanusJanus
    36. Wind
    37. JanusJanus
    38. Wind ×2
    39. JanusJanus
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:54
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Wind
    45. JanusJanus
    46. Wind ×2
    47. SentrySentry
    48. JanusJanus
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Wind
    53. JanusJanus
    54. StoutStout
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. JanusJanus ×2
    57. Con turret
    58. JanusJanus ×2
    59. StoutStout
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. JanusJanus
    62. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:46
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. StoutStout
    65. SentrySentry
    66. RoverScout ×4
    67. StorkLight transport
    68. RoverScout ×3
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. RoverScout
    71. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    72. StorkLight transport
    73. RoverScout
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. RoverScout
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. RoverScout ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slow_but_sure's (31 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

Slow_but_sure

31.4 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
200 metal received · 4611 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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