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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 · 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 · 53 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Con turret
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Converter
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Converter
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. SentrySentry
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Converter
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Wind ×2
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 205 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Energy storage
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×4
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind ×2
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Converter
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. SentrySentry
    83. PawnPawn
    84. SentrySentry
    85. Wind
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. SentrySentry
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×3
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×2
    96. SentrySentry
    97. Wind ×2
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Converter
    100. SentrySentry
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:15 · typical 9:00
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. SentrySentry
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Wind ×2
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Mex
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. SentrySentry
    121. Converter
    122. SentrySentry
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. Converter
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Wind ×2
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Con turret
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. SentrySentry
    145. Wind
    146. SentrySentry
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind ×2
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind ×3
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Con turret
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. Converter
    163. Construction BotCon bot
    164. Converter
    165. Construction BotCon bot
    166. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    167. Wind
    168. Converter
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Mex
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind ×2
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind ×2
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Construction BotCon bot
    181. Wind ×4
    182. Construction BotCon bot
    183. Wind ×2
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Con turret
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Converter
    198. Wind
    199. Converter
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Converter
    202. Con turret
    203. Wind
    204. PawnPawn
    205. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XuunnY's (32 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

XuunnY

32.0 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
70 metal received · 54545 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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