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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind ×2
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Converter ×3
    39. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 149 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Wind
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. MaceMace
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus ×2
    31. Wind
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. MaceMace ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. MaceMace ×2
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:34 · typical 9:00
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. TickTick
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. TickTick
    63. PawnPawn
    64. NettleNettle
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. PawnPawn
    69. NettleNettle
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. SentrySentry
    80. TickTick
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. TickTick
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. SentrySentry
    91. TickTick
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. TickTick
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. SentrySentry
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    107. SentrySentry
    108. TickTick
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Converter
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. TickTick
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. TickTick
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind ×2
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind ×4
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind ×3
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind ×4
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Schubiduuhh's (31 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

Schubiduuhh

30.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
160 metal received · 5477 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=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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