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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 · 1705 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1999 · 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 1705 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 · 123 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex ×3
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus ×4
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Mex
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. JanusJanus ×3
    24. BlitzBlitz ×5
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. Energy storage
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Mex
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Mex
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Con turret ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind ×2
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Metal storage
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:13
    51. Con turret
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×2
    54. OspreyHeavy transport
    55. Wind ×2
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Con turret
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. BlinkScout plane
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:58 · typical 9:01
    71. Wind
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. Wind
    74. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    79. Wind
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Mex
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. Wind
    89. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret ×2
    92. Wind ×2
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Con turret ×3
    97. BeamerBeamer ×3
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Wind
    102. BeamerBeamer ×2
    103. Wind ×2
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. Wind
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind
    112. Energy storage
    113. Con turret ×2
    114. Energy storage ×3
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:13
    117. StormbringerBomber ×5
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. StormbringerBomber ×2
    120. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    121. Wind ×12
    122. ChainsawChainsaw
    123. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:25 · 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 (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:29
    3. Wind
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:33
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:37
    9. Wind ×2
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. TickTick ×7
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. TickTick
    19. Con turret
    20. TickTick
    21. Con turret
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. Wind
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. TickTick ×19

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (43 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

1999 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127784
6:00503519341427
7:00625127252302
8:00753535473173
9:00897343304069
10:001054650154807
11:001237655415547
12:001452759986408
13:001685764837002
14:001922071917827
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

haaven

42.9 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
263 metal received · 25573 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=1336
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1290
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1569

Played most by

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