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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 · 1689 distinct matches · 244 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1983 · 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 1689 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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 · 19 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. JanusJanus
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex ×2
    8. JanusJanus
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. JanusJanus
    13. ShellshockerArty
    14. JanusJanus
    15. SentrySentry
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. StoutStout
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
  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 · 68 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×3
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3for Tech
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Mex
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Con turret
    23. ShellshockerArty ×2
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. BlitzBlitz ×4
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. BlitzBlitz ×13
    28. Energy storage
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:00
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. JanusJanus
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz ×2
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×2
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind ×2
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Con turret
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind ×2
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz ×2
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. SentrySentry
    64. Wind
    65. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (32 OS, 11/09/2026); 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

1983 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519341428
7:00625127222307
8:00753435453173
9:00897143294072
10:001052950054808
11:001236455365546
12:001452659886406
13:001685764686999
14:001921372077827
15:002184478698690
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

31.6 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
74 metal received · 36166 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=1324
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1278
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1556

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