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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 0:53 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn ×5
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. MaceMace
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. MaceMace
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. MaceMace
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. MaceMace
    25. Mex
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. SentrySentry
    28. 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 · 239 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. MaceMace
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. MaceMace
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. MaceMace
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. MaceMace
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. MaceMace
    37. SentrySentry
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. MaceMace
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Mex
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Con turret
    52. Energy storage
    53. Wind
    54. Mex
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05
    58. Wind
    59. SentrySentry
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. SentrySentry
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind
    64. SentrySentry
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Con turret
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Wind
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick ×4
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. SentrySentry
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Con turret
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Con turret
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:34 · typical 0:47
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Con turret
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Con turret
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. TickTick
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. TickTick
    161. Con turret
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Con turret
    165. TickTick
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. TickTick
    168. Con turret
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. TickTick
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. TickTick
    174. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:49
    175. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. TickTick ×2
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. TickTick
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. TickTick
    182. Converter
    183. TickTick
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. TickTick
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. TickTick
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. TickTick
    190. BlitzBlitz
    191. Converter
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. TickTick
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. TickTick
    196. BlitzBlitz ×2
    197. TickTick
    198. BlitzBlitz ×2
    199. TickTick
    200. Converter
    201. BlitzBlitz ×2
    202. TickTick
    203. BlitzBlitz ×2
    204. TickTick
    205. BlitzBlitz ×2
    206. TickTick
    207. Converter
    208. BlitzBlitz ×2
    209. TickTick
    210. BlitzBlitz ×2
    211. TickTick
    212. BlitzBlitz ×2
    213. TickTick
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. TickTick
    216. BlitzBlitz ×2
    217. TickTick
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. Converter
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. TickTick
    222. BlitzBlitz ×2
    223. TickTick
    224. BlitzBlitz ×2
    225. TickTick
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. TickTick
    228. BlitzBlitz
    229. Converter
    230. TickTick
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. TickTick
    233. BlitzBlitz ×2
    234. TickTick
    235. BlitzBlitz
    236. TickTick
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. TickTick
    239. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NoobSlayer's (30 OS, 02/09/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

NoobSlayer

30.2 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
60 metal received · 43126 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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