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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 0:33–0:56

    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 ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:49 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 180 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Energy storage
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×2
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Con turret
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn ×4
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×5
    111. Wind ×2
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:48 · typical 9:00
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind ×2
    119. LazarusLazarus
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. LazarusLazarus
    123. Wind
    124. NettleNettle
    125. PawnPawn
    126. LazarusLazarus
    127. Wind ×2
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind ×2
    132. PawnPawn ×5
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn
    136. LazarusLazarus
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    138. PawnPawn
    139. LazarusLazarus
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind ×2
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×3
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×3
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    158. Wind
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn ×2
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn ×3
    170. Wind ×2
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn ×3
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    180. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nosohvost's (35 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

Nosohvost

35.4 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
436 metal received · 41004 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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