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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Con turret
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (40%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 136 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. PawnPawn ×3
    10. SentrySentry
    11. PawnPawn ×19
    12. Con turret
    13. PawnPawn
    14. ThugThug
    15. PawnPawn ×5
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. PawnPawn
    18. SentrySentry
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced solar
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. FerretFerret
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×2
    46. FerretFerret
    47. Wind
    48. FerretFerret
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Advanced solar
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. PawnPawn
    55. CrossbowCrossbow
    56. Advanced solar
    57. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    58. Advanced solar
    59. CrossbowCrossbow
    60. PlutoPluto
    61. CrossbowCrossbow
    62. Advanced solar
    63. CrossbowCrossbow
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Advanced solar
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. EvisceratorEvisceratordone 13:39
    68. Con turret
    69. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Con turret
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. FerretFerret
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Con turret
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:38
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. PawnPawn
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    98. LazarusLazarus
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. LazarusLazarus
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. PawnPawn ×5
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. PawnPawn
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. MaceMace
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. Con turret
    134. PawnPawn ×6
    135. PerditionPerditionnot finished by 15:00
    136. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ChaoticNoob's (36 OS, 10/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

ChaoticNoob

35.8 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
294 metal received · 59360 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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