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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 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

zeus_on_god

37.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
352 metal received · 79376 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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