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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 · 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 · 46 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. SentrySentry ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. 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 (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 · 154 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Wind
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Energy storage
    34. TickTick
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Con turret
    37. TickTick
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Con turret
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind ×2
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Metal storage
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Converter
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. TickTick
    76. Con turret
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:25 · typical 9:01
    90. TickTick ×3
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick
    95. Con turret
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Advanced solar
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Advanced solar
    110. TickTick
    111. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:41 · typical 0:47
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind ×2
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. BeamerBeamer
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. BeamerBeamer
    130. Wind
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. StoutStout ×2
    137. BeamerBeamer
    138. RoverScout
    139. BeamerBeamer
    140. RoverScout
    141. BeamerBeamer
    142. BlitzBlitz ×2
    143. Metal storage
    144. BlitzBlitz ×7
    145. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    146. ShellshockerArty ×2
    147. Con turret
    148. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    149. Con turret
    150. ShellshockerArty ×3
    151. Wind
    152. Energy storage
    153. Wind
    154. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrevGod's (30 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

TrevGod

30.1 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 22164 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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