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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 · 1697 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1991 · 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 1697 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. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 0:47
  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 · 38 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. StoutStout
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Con turret
    15. SentrySentry ×2
    16. JanusJanus
    17. SentrySentry ×2
    18. ShellshockerArty
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Converter
    23. SentrySentry
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. Converter
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. Converter
    34. ShellshockerArty
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. SentrySentry
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. 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 · 88 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck
    2. Wind
    3. WhistlerMissile truck
    4. Wind
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Windfor Tech
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Converter
    13. WhistlerMissile truck
    14. Windfor Tech
    15. ShellshockerArty
    16. Windfor Tech
    17. ShellshockerArty
    18. Wind
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. Windfor Tech
    21. ShellshockerArty
    22. Windfor Tech
    23. ShellshockerArty
    24. Converter
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Windfor Tech
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:16 · typical 9:01
    31. Windfor Tech
    32. BlitzBlitz ×3
    33. Windfor Tech
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Windfor Tech
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Converter
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Windfor Tech
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. SentrySentry
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Windfor Tech
    47. SentrySentry
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Windfor Tech
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Windfor Tech
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Converter
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×4for Tech
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Windfor Tech
    59. Converter
    60. Windfor Tech
    61. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    62. Windfor Tech
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Tech
    64. VeilVeil
    65. Wind ×2for Tech
    66. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:34
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Con turretfor Tech
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Converter
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Windfor Tech
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind ×2for Tech
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Windfor Tech
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Windfor Tech
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Converterfor Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (31 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

1991 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
6:00503519231426
7:00625127172302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335546
12:001452759766406
13:001685764686999
14:001922071817826
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

JesterB

31.3 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
370 metal received · 14133 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=1329
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1562

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