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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 · 1693 distinct matches · 245 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1987 · 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 1693 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 0:33–0:55

    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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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 · 44 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    15. Mex
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 143 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:18 · typical 9:01
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Solar
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. Metal storage
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Energy storage
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:58 · typical 0:47
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind ×2
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind ×2
    98. PawnPawn
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Advanced solar
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. PawnPawn
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. Advanced solar
    111. Wind
    112. Metal storage
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. BeamerBeamer
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. PawnPawn
    119. FerretFerret
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. FerretFerret
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. PawnPawn
    127. FerretFerret
    128. Wind ×2
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. FerretFerret
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Con turret
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    137. Wind ×3
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Con turret
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HALF_DALLAH_HABIT's (33 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1987 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519331427
7:00625327222302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343294069
10:001053550094807
11:001237255365546
12:001452759886402
13:001685764696999
14:001922071917826
15:002185478698687
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

HALF_DALLAH_HABIT

32.8 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

140 received units · includes a constructor
15 metal received · 34393 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:55 · n=1326
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1559

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