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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 · 1699 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1993 · 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 1699 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 0:33–0:54

    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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Mex
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Mex
  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 · 166 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:21 · typical 9:01
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×3
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. Solar
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Advanced solar
    35. Energy storage
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Con turret ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×3
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. PawnPawn ×3
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Energy storage
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:55
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. StorkLight transport
    80. Wind
    81. StorkLight transport
    82. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    83. Wind
    84. SentrySentry
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:24
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. Wind
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    98. Wind ×3
    99. FalconFighter
    100. Wind ×3
    101. RecluseReclusedone 11:32
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. RecluseRecluse
    106. Wind ×4
    107. RecluseRecluse
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    111. Wind
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. RecluseRecluse
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. Wind
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. Wind
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. Wind
    120. RecluseRecluse
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    122. Wind
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. RecluseRecluse
    125. ButlerButler
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. ButlerButler
    129. Wind ×2
    130. ButlerButler
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. RecluseRecluse
    134. Wind ×2
    135. RecluseRecluse
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×2
    138. RecluseRecluse
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. RecluseRecluse
    142. Wind ×2
    143. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    144. RecluseRecluse
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. RecluseRecluse
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. ButlerButler
    152. RecluseRecluse
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. WelderWelder
    156. Wind
    157. WelderWelder
    158. Wind
    159. RecluseRecluse
    160. Wind
    161. RecluseRecluse
    162. Wind
    163. RecluseRecluse
    164. Wind
    165. Converter ×2
    166. PlatypusPlatypus ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (40 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 7:23 · 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

1993 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
6:00503519231427
7:00624927142302
8:00753435443173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335547
12:001452759766408
13:001685764686999
14:001922071637826
15:002185478688687
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

Nutzz

40.0 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
343 metal received · 61550 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:54 · n=1331
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1563

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