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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 · 1687 distinct matches · 243 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 1981 · 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 1687 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  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 · 21 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. Mex
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus
    15. SentrySentry ×2
    16. JanusJanus
    17. SentrySentry ×2
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. JanusJanus
    20. ShellshockerArty ×3
    21. JanusJanus
  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 · 78 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. StoutStout
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. BlitzBlitz ×12
    6. JanusJanus
    7. SentrySentry
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Con turret
    10. SentrySentry
    11. JanusJanus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. JanusJanus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. JanusJanus
    16. BlitzBlitz ×3
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind ×3
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz ×3
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:56
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:41 · typical 9:01
    65. Wind
    66. OspreyHeavy transport
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (32 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

1981 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
6:00503519341428
7:00624927222309
8:00753335453177
9:00897043294073
10:001052950054812
11:001236455365547
12:001452759886408
13:001685764687002
14:001922072077830
15:002185478718698
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

starbird

31.5 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
77 metal received · 21909 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=1323
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1277
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1555

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