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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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. TickTick ×5
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. MaceMace
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. MaceMace
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. 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 · 154 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. MaceMace
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Energy storage
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Mex
    22. Converter
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Converter
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Converter
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Converter ×2
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Con turret
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:17 · typical 9:01
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. Wind
    51. LazarusLazarus ×2
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. LazarusLazarus ×2
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Wind
    65. LazarusLazarus ×2
    66. Wind
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. LazarusLazarus ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. RocketeerRocketeer
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. TickTick ×10
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×4
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×5
    82. Wind
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×4
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. TickTick ×3
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×4
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind ×2
    107. TickTick
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:53
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:47 · typical 0:47
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×6
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×19
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NoobSlayer's (31 OS, 22/08/2026); 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

NoobSlayer

31.0 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1060 metal received · 73781 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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