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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 · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 0:33–0:56

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. Energy storage
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. 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 (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 120 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. SentrySentry ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:53 · typical 9:00
    17. Wind ×2
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry ×2
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×3
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Con turret
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. PawnPawn ×7
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×27
    67. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    68. PawnPawn ×4
    69. Mex
    70. PawnPawn ×12
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Con turret
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Con turret
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret ×2
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Con turret
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Con turret
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Wind
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×8
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 65% 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

TrapCaT

42.2 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
319 metal received · 47730 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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