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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 · 1687 distinct matches · 243 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 1981 · 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 1687 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 ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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 ×5
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. OverwatchOverwatch
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Con turret
    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 (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 · 185 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    5. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×6
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×5
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 9:01
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×7
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×11
    30. Converter
    31. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:28
    32. Wind ×6
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Converter
    43. TickTick
    44. Converter ×2
    45. TickTick
    46. Converter
    47. CrossbowCrossbow
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. CrossbowCrossbow
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. CrossbowCrossbow
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. Energy storage
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Converter
    70. TickTick
    71. Converter
    72. TickTick
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. OverwatchOverwatch
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. Converter ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:40 · typical 0:47
    107. Converter
    108. Con turret
    109. Converter
    110. SentrySentry
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind ×2
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Pit BullPit Bull
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret ×2
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Energy storage
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Con turret
    124. Energy storage
    125. Wind
    126. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:48
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Con turret
    129. Converter ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. SentrySentry
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. SentrySentry
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz ×2
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz ×2
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. SentrySentry
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind
    149. BlitzBlitz ×2
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. SentrySentry
    153. Converter
    154. BlitzBlitz ×4
    155. Converter
    156. BlitzBlitz ×2
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. VeilVeil
    160. BlitzBlitz ×2
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Wind
    164. BlitzBlitz ×2
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz ×2
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz ×2
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind
    172. BlitzBlitz ×2
    173. Converter
    174. BlitzBlitz ×4
    175. Converter
    176. BlitzBlitz ×2
    177. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    178. Wind
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz ×2
    182. Wind
    183. BlitzBlitz ×3
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _[BOBO]_'s (31 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

1981 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519341428
7:00624927222309
8:00753335453177
9:00897043294073
10:001052950054812
11:001236455365547
12:001452759886408
13:001685764687002
14:001922072077830
15:002185478718698
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

_[BOBO]_

31.5 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
226 metal received · 10194 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=1323
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1277
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1555

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