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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. PawnPawn ×3
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
  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 · 160 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. SentrySentry
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:47 · typical 9:00
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    18. LazarusLazarus ×3
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. PawnPawn ×7
    23. Con turret
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Con turret
    33. TickTick
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Energy storage
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Energy storage
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Converter
    61. Advanced solar
    62. Wind
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Con turret ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Advanced solar
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Advanced solar
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:54
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Advanced solar
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. Converter
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. CenturionCenturion
    106. Advanced solar
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. Con turret
    117. Advanced solar
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced solar
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    127. CenturionCenturion
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    130. Con turret
    131. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    132. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    133. Wind
    134. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:58
    135. Converter
    136. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    137. Wind
    138. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    139. Wind
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. TickTick
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    143. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. Wind ×2
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    149. Wind
    150. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. SentrySentry
    153. Wind
    154. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. SentrySentry
    159. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    160. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (46 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

Erilium

46.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
304 metal received · 42523 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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