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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 0:33–0:56

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 96 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind ×2
    6. RoverScout
    7. Wind
    8. RoverScout ×3
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Mex
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Wind
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    28. Wind
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. WhistlerMissile truck
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
    34. Wind
    35. WhistlerMissile truck
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. Energy storage
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. WhistlerMissile truck
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    43. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    44. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    45. BlitzBlitz ×3
    46. Mex
    47. Con turret
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Mex
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:23 · typical 9:00
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Pit BullPit Bull
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. NettleNettle
    57. SentrySentry
    58. NettleNettle
    59. Wind
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. GroundhogGroundhog
    62. Pit BullPit Bull
    63. Wind
    64. GroundhogGroundhog
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Light MineLight Mine ×7
    70. Wind
    71. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Light MineLight Mine
    76. Wind
    77. Twilight
    78. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Light MineLight Mine
    81. Wind
    82. Light MineLight Mine
    83. Wind
    84. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    89. Wind
    90. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Twilight
    93. Con turret
    94. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    95. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    96. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:49 · 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 (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 · 17 steps
    1. TickTick ×9
    2. Energy storage
    3. TickTick ×6
    4. LazarusLazarus ×4
    5. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. TickTick
    8. LazarusLazarus ×3
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. SentrySentry
    11. TickTick ×4
    12. SentrySentry
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. TickTick ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theBeauty's (39 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 7:24 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

theBeauty

39.3 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
385 metal received · 48983 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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