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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 0:46 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. MaceMace
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. BeholderBeholder
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. TickTick
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. TickTick
    30. Mex
    31. TickTick
  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 · 128 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. TickTick
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. BeholderBeholder
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. TickTick
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. ThugThug
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    33. Con turret
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Wind ×2
    46. NettleNettle
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Metal storage
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind ×2
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Wind
    57. NettleNettle
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:36 · typical 9:00
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Energy storage
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×4
    87. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:27 · typical 0:47
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. TickTick
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. TickTick
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. TickTick
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick
    113. Pit BullPit Bull
    114. TickTick
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. TickTick
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. TickTick
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. TickTick
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. TickTick
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

Godmother13

39.1 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
726 metal received · 20666 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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