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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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×4
    5. BlitzBlitz ×3
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex ×2
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. Mex
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. JanusJanus ×3
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Wind
    20. ShellshockerArty
    21. Wind
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    25. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:53 · 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 · 93 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    36. TickTick
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:22 · typical 9:00
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Con turret
    40. TickTick
    41. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. Wind ×3
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. PawnPawn
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. CenturionCenturion ×2
    74. TickTick ×5
    75. Mex
    76. TickTick ×16
    77. BeholderBeholder
    78. TickTick ×14
    79. BeholderBeholder
    80. TickTick ×8
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. TickTick ×4
    83. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:55
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. StorkLight transport
    86. TickTick
    87. LazarusLazarus ×4
    88. Mex
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    91. TickTick ×7
    92. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    93. TickTick ×8

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (33 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

starbird

32.9 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

62 received units · includes a constructor
4 metal received · 13630 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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