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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 · 15 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex ×2
    11. JanusJanus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:05 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. 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 · 78 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    25. Wind
    26. OverwatchOverwatch
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret ×2
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. GauntletGauntletdone 9:21
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. Wind
    41. Mex
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:54
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Energy storage ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. Metal storage
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:38
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret ×6
    69. Wind ×3
    70. FuryFurydone 14:45
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Advanced solar
    73. FuryFury
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced solar
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    78. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); 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

Syphos

42.1 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
249 metal received · 30314 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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