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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 · 1697 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1991 · 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 1697 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. Mex ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Wind
  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 · 150 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Energy storage
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. OverwatchOverwatch
    6. Con turret
    7. OverwatchOverwatchfor Geo
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Mex
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:01
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. OverwatchOverwatch
    32. Converter
    33. PawnPawn
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Converter
    38. PawnPawn
    39. GauntletGauntletdone 10:11
    40. Wind
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind ×3
    43. BeholderBeholder ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. Converter
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Wind ×6
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Converter
    71. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:57
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×5
    75. Converter
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×3
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Con turret
    90. TickTick
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick ×3
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind ×3
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. Converter ×2
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind ×3
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind ×3
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind ×2
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. Converter ×2
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. CenturionCenturion
    150. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iriS_xe's (31 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

1991 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
6:00503519231426
7:00625127172302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335546
12:001452759766406
13:001685764686999
14:001922071817826
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

iriS_xe

31.1 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

37 received units · includes a constructor
532 metal received · 16070 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=1329
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1284
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1562

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