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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 44 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTickfor Geo
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Solar
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry ×2
    36. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    37. SentrySentry
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (40%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 221 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    5. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    36. SentrySentry
    37. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    40. Energy storage
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. TickTick
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. TickTick
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. TickTick
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. TickTick
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. TickTick
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. TickTick
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. TickTick
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. TickTick
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. TickTick
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. TickTick
    81. SentrySentry
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. SentrySentry
    89. TickTick
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. Converter
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Wind ×2
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Converter
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. SentrySentry
    100. TickTick
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:37 · typical 8:53
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. TickTick
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. Mex
    139. Con turret
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. Con turret
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:47
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. Construction BotCon bot
    152. Mex
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. Construction BotCon bot
    156. Wind
    157. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    158. Converter
    159. LazarusLazarus
    160. Converter
    161. Wind
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    167. Construction BotCon bot
    168. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    169. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:40
    170. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:46
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    175. Construction BotCon bot
    176. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    177. Converter ×2
    178. Wind
    179. SentrySentry
    180. PawnPawn ×2
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick ×7
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. SentrySentry
    189. TickTick ×3
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Construction BotCon bot
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick ×3
    196. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    197. TickTick
    198. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    199. TickTick ×5
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick ×2
    204. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    205. TickTick ×4
    206. Converter
    207. TickTick
    208. SentrySentry
    209. TickTick ×2
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn ×2
    212. Wind
    213. Converter
    214. SentrySentry
    215. PawnPawn ×3
    216. Converter
    217. Wind ×2
    218. PawnPawn ×3
    219. Converter
    220. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    221. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Blover's (38 OS, 10/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Blover

37.7 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
164 metal received · 8810 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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