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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 · 1699 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1993 · 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 1699 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 0:33–0:54

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    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 · 42 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Energy storage
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. NettleNettle
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Con turret
    42. NettleNettle
  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 · 354 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:24 · typical 9:01
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. TickTick ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Converter
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. TickTick
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×3
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Converter
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. Wind
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Con turret
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. Wind
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawn ×3
    132. NettleNettle
    133. TickTick
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. NettleNettle
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Con turret
    138. TickTick
    139. PawnPawn ×3
    140. Con turret ×2
    141. TickTick
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Con turret
    144. PawnPawn
    145. TickTick
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. TickTick
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. Con turret
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Con turret
    158. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:41
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind
    166. Con turret
    167. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:45
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. PawnPawn
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind ×2
    173. TickTick
    174. Con turret
    175. PawnPawn
    176. TickTick ×2
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. PawnPawn
    186. TickTick
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×3
    190. PawnPawn
    191. TickTick
    192. Converter
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. TickTick
    196. PawnPawn
    197. TickTick
    198. Wind ×2
    199. TickTick ×3
    200. PawnPawn
    201. TickTick
    202. PawnPawn
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick ×2
    205. PawnPawn
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick ×2
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick
    214. PawnPawn
    215. TickTick
    216. Wind
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Converter
    219. TickTick ×3
    220. BlinkScout plane
    221. PawnPawn
    222. TickTick
    223. Wind
    224. Converter
    225. BlinkScout plane
    226. PawnPawn
    227. Con turret
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind
    230. PawnPawn
    231. BlinkScout plane
    232. TickTick
    233. Wind
    234. TickTick
    235. BlinkScout plane
    236. TickTick
    237. Wind ×2
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Con turret ×2
    240. TickTick
    241. BlinkScout plane
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick
    244. PawnPawn
    245. Con turret
    246. Wind
    247. BlinkScout plane
    248. Wind
    249. TickTick
    250. Converter
    251. BlinkScout plane
    252. TickTick
    253. Wind ×2
    254. PawnPawn
    255. Con turret
    256. TickTick
    257. BlinkScout plane
    258. TickTick
    259. Wind
    260. Converter
    261. TickTick
    262. Wind
    263. BlinkScout plane
    264. TickTick
    265. Con turret
    266. PawnPawn
    267. Wind
    268. TickTick
    269. Wind
    270. BlinkScout plane
    271. Wind
    272. TickTick
    273. PawnPawn
    274. Wind
    275. TickTick
    276. BlinkScout plane
    277. Con turret
    278. Wind
    279. TickTick
    280. Wind
    281. PawnPawn
    282. Wind
    283. BlinkScout plane
    284. TickTick
    285. Converter
    286. Wind ×2
    287. Con turret
    288. TickTick ×2
    289. Wind ×2
    290. BlinkScout plane
    291. TickTick
    292. PawnPawn
    293. Wind ×2
    294. TickTick
    295. Converter
    296. BlinkScout plane
    297. TickTick
    298. Wind ×2
    299. PawnPawn
    300. Wind
    301. BlinkScout plane
    302. TickTick
    303. Wind
    304. TickTick
    305. Converter
    306. PawnPawn
    307. Wind ×2
    308. BlinkScout plane
    309. TickTick ×3
    310. Wind ×2
    311. BlinkScout plane
    312. PawnPawn
    313. Wind ×2
    314. TickTick
    315. Advanced solar
    316. PawnPawn
    317. Wind
    318. BlinkScout plane
    319. TickTick
    320. Wind ×2
    321. PawnPawn
    322. TickTick
    323. Wind ×2
    324. Con turret
    325. TickTick
    326. BlinkScout plane
    327. TickTick
    328. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    329. TickTick
    330. Wind ×2
    331. PawnPawn
    332. TickTick
    333. Wind
    334. BlinkScout plane
    335. Converter
    336. TickTick
    337. PawnPawn
    338. Wind ×2
    339. BlinkScout plane
    340. Wind
    341. TickTick
    342. Wind
    343. BlinkScout plane
    344. PawnPawn
    345. Converter
    346. TickTick
    347. Converter
    348. Wind
    349. BlinkScout plane
    350. TickTick ×2
    351. Wind
    352. BlinkScout plane
    353. TickTick
    354. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (41 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

1993 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
6:00503519231427
7:00624927142302
8:00753435443173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335547
12:001452759766408
13:001685764686999
14:001922071637826
15:002185478688687
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

41.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
240 metal received · 15123 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:54 · n=1331
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1563

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