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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GoldReasons's (32 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

GoldReasons

31.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
446 metal received · 10449 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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