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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 · 1697 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1991 · 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 1697 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    20. OverwatchOverwatch
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. 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 (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 · 102 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. GauntletGauntletdone 7:35
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. TickTick ×3
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry ×2
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Converter
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Converter
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Converter
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Con turret
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Converter
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. JunoJuno
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. SentrySentry
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. SentrySentry
    81. Wind ×3
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:42 · typical 9:01
    84. Wind ×2
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Wind ×2
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×4
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dread29's (32 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

1991 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002699522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519231426
7:00625127172302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335546
12:001452759766406
13:001685764686999
14:001922071817826
15:002185478698687
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

Dread29

32.4 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
26 metal received · 9768 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=1329
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1562

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