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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. Solar
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. PawnPawn
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. SentrySentry ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn ×5
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. SentrySentry
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 218 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. PawnPawn
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. PawnPawn
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. PawnPawn
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Con turret
    36. PawnPawn
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. PawnPawn
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. PawnPawn
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. SentrySentry
    45. PawnPawn
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Mex
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. MaceMace
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Con turret
    55. MaceMace
    56. SentrySentry
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. MaceMace
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. MaceMace
    62. Wind
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. SentrySentry
    65. PawnPawn
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:30 · typical 9:00
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Mex
    71. OverwatchOverwatch
    72. PawnPawn
    73. RocketeerRocketeer
    74. PawnPawn
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Wind
    80. RocketeerRocketeer
    81. Wind
    82. Mexfor Pond
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. MaceMace
    87. SentrySentry
    88. RocketeerRocketeer
    89. Wind ×2
    90. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    91. Wind
    92. MaceMace
    93. RocketeerRocketeer
    94. Wind
    95. RocketeerRocketeer
    96. Wind
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:34
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind ×2
    105. PawnPawn
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. LazarusLazarus
    114. Wind ×2
    115. RocketeerRocketeer
    116. MaceMace
    117. RocketeerRocketeer
    118. Wind ×2
    119. RocketeerRocketeer
    120. MaceMace
    121. RocketeerRocketeer
    122. MaceMace
    123. RocketeerRocketeer
    124. LazarusLazarus
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PawnPawn
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. MaceMace
    131. LazarusLazarus
    132. BeamerBeamer
    133. MaceMace
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. LazarusLazarus
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Construction BotCon bot
    141. TickTick
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. BeamerBeamer
    144. Wind
    145. MaceMace
    146. PawnPawn
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. CenturionCenturion
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn
    156. TickTick
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. LazarusLazarus
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×3
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. MaceMace
    166. LazarusLazarus
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind ×2
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. LazarusLazarus
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    176. TickTick
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick ×3
    183. Wind
    184. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    185. TickTick ×2
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×5
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×4
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick ×3
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick ×4
    198. Wind
    199. TickTick ×2
    200. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick ×4
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Con turret
    207. TickTick ×6
    208. GauntletGauntlet
    209. TickTick ×2
    210. Wind
    211. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind ×2
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick
    217. Wind ×2
    218. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is LLT's (33 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

LLT

32.8 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
157 metal received · 29372 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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