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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. TickTick
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Mex
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind ×3
  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 · 86 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. Wind ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. LazarusLazarus ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind ×2
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Mex
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Mex
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 9:01
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. NettleNettle
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Mex
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind ×2
    61. SentrySentry
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Mex
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Con turret
    81. Mex
    82. Con turret ×2
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Mex
    85. Wind ×4
    86. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 9:58

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MrMilkman's (31 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

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

MrMilkman

31.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
149 metal received · 5914 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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