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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
    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 · 38 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. OverwatchOverwatch
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 228 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Converter
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Converter
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Converter
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:27 · typical 9:00
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 9:23
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×2
    48. VeilVeil
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SentrySentry
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind ×2
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind ×3
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×3
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind ×2
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind ×2
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. Wind
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×2
    97. LazarusLazarus
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Con turret
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:32 · typical 0:47
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Con turret
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind ×3
    145. PawnPawn
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Wind
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind ×2
    151. PawnPawn
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind ×3
    169. PawnPawn
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. TickTick
    176. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Wind
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind ×2
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. PawnPawn
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind ×2
    194. TickTick
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. Wind
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. TickTick
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Wind
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Wind ×3
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick
    217. BlitzBlitz
    218. PawnPawn
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. PawnPawn
    221. Wind ×2
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. PawnPawn
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. PawnPawn ×2
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. Wind
    228. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (42 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 7:24 · 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

AinzIsHere

42.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
833 metal received · 8422 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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