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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 · 1693 distinct matches · 245 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1987 · 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 1693 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 ×3
    2. Wind
  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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:59 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×3
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. JanusJanus
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Mex
    15. BlitzBlitz ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BlitzBlitz ×3
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. BlitzBlitz ×4
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 90 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind ×2
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Converter
    15. BlitzBlitz ×2
    16. Converter
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Converter
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Converter
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Energy storage
    23. Converter
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Converter
    26. BlitzBlitz ×2
    27. Converter ×2
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz ×3
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:23 · typical 9:01
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz ×3
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz ×3
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz ×5
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×4
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz ×6
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz ×4
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz ×5
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz ×6
    74. Wind
    75. Pit BullPit Bull
    76. BlitzBlitz ×4
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz ×5
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×4
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    86. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    87. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret ×2
    90. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (39 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 7:23 · 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

1987 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
6:00503519331427
7:00625327222302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343294069
10:001053550094807
11:001237255365546
12:001452759886402
13:001685764696999
14:001922071917826
15:002185478698687
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

AinzIsHere

39.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

99 received units · includes a constructor
178 metal received · 57727 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=1326
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1559

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