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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Con turret
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Converter
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Converter
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Converter
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. 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 · 300 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind ×2
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind ×3
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind ×2
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:35 · typical 9:01
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter ×2
    35. Wind ×2
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Con turret
    39. TickTick
    40. Converter
    41. Energy storage
    42. TickTick
    43. Converter ×2
    44. TickTick
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Converter ×2
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Converter
    51. Energy storage
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×2
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind ×3
    60. TickTick
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind ×2
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind ×3
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. TickTick ×3
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Con turret
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×4
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick ×5
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×3
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind ×2
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Converter
    103. BeamerBeamer
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick ×2
    122. Wind ×2
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. BeamerBeamer
    125. Wind ×2
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind ×2
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind ×3
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind ×2
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Wind
    157. Pit BullPit Bull
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    168. LazarusLazarus
    169. Wind
    170. LazarusLazarus
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick
    176. Converter
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind ×2
    185. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:15
    186. TickTick
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick
    196. Wind ×2
    197. TickTick ×2
    198. Converter
    199. TickTick
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick
    204. Converter
    205. TickTick
    206. Con turret
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick ×4
    210. Converter
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. Wind
    213. Con turret
    214. TickTick ×3
    215. Converter
    216. TickTick ×4
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick ×2
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick ×3
    223. Wind
    224. TickTick
    225. Wind
    226. TickTick ×3
    227. Wind ×3
    228. TickTick ×2
    229. Wind
    230. TickTick ×3
    231. Wind
    232. TickTick ×2
    233. Wind
    234. TickTick ×2
    235. Wind ×2
    236. Con turret
    237. TickTick
    238. Wind
    239. TickTick ×2
    240. Wind ×2
    241. TickTick ×4
    242. Con turret
    243. Wind
    244. TickTick
    245. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    246. TickTick
    247. Converter
    248. TickTick
    249. Wind
    250. Converter
    251. PawnPawn ×2
    252. Wind
    253. PawnPawn
    254. Converter
    255. PawnPawn ×2
    256. Wind
    257. PawnPawn ×2
    258. Wind ×3
    259. PawnPawn
    260. TickTick
    261. Wind ×2
    262. PawnPawn ×3
    263. Wind
    264. PawnPawn
    265. Wind
    266. Con turret
    267. TickTick
    268. PawnPawn
    269. Wind
    270. TickTick
    271. Wind
    272. PawnPawn ×2
    273. Wind ×2
    274. TickTick
    275. PawnPawn ×2
    276. Wind
    277. Con turret
    278. Wind
    279. PawnPawn
    280. TickTick
    281. Wind
    282. Con turret
    283. PawnPawn
    284. Converter
    285. TickTick
    286. PawnPawn
    287. Wind
    288. PawnPawn
    289. Converter
    290. PawnPawn
    291. Wind
    292. TickTick
    293. Wind
    294. BeamerBeamer
    295. Converter
    296. TickTick
    297. PawnPawn
    298. Wind
    299. PawnPawn
    300. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XuunnY's (33 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

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

XuunnY

32.7 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
648 metal received · 14347 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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