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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:37 · typical 0:44
  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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. TickTick
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. TickTick
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. TickTick
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. TickTick
    32. 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 · 197 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. TickTick
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. TickTick
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. TickTick
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 9:01
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. TickTick
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. TickTick
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Wind
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Wind
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. RocketeerRocketeer
    69. Wind ×2
    70. RocketeerRocketeer
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×6
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×3
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. TickTick
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. Construction BotCon bot
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:22
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. TickTick
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick ×3
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick ×8
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×8
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Construction BotCon bot
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×4
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×5
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×5
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×11
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×7
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×8
    156. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:04
    157. TickTick ×4
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×10
    160. LazarusLazarus
    161. TickTick ×15
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Converter
    165. TickTick ×16
    166. Converter
    167. TickTick ×6
    168. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    169. TickTick ×11
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick ×2
    172. Converter
    173. TickTick ×7
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick ×5
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick ×5
    178. Converter
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick ×3
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick ×4
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. Converter
    189. TickTick ×3
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×10
    192. Pit BullPit Bull
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick ×9
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SW33T_JP's (32 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

SW33T_JP

31.9 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 14513 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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