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Standard front

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant up almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus trickling out to hold and push the middle over the full 15 minutes.

#eco · 1186 distinct matches · 145 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 62% of 1353 · 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 1186 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
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:13

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (42%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:54 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout ×5
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. Mex
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    20. BlitzBlitz ×8
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. BlitzBlitz
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (40%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 230 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×5
    2. Mex
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:03 · typical 8:53
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. Wind ×2
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Wind ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. RoverScout
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RoverScout
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. RoverScout
    39. Wind ×2
    40. RoverScout
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. RoverScout
    44. Wind ×2
    45. RoverScout
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. RoverScout
    49. Wind
    50. RoverScout ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. RoverScout
    53. Mex
    54. Con turret
    55. RoverScout ×2
    56. Con turret
    57. RoverScout
    58. Con turret
    59. RoverScout ×3
    60. Energy storage
    61. RoverScout
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. RoverScout
    64. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:50
    65. RoverScout
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. RoverScout
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. RoverScout
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. RoverScout
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. RoverScout
    74. Wind
    75. Mexfor Suicide front
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. RoverScout
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. RoverScout
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. RoverScout
    82. Wind
    83. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    84. RoverScout
    85. Wind
    86. RoverScout
    87. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    88. RoverScout
    89. Wind
    90. RoverScout
    91. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    92. Wind ×2
    93. RoverScout ×2
    94. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    95. Wind
    96. RoverScout
    97. Wind
    98. RoverScout
    99. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    100. RoverScout
    101. Wind ×2
    102. RoverScout
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. RoverScout
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. RoverScout
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. RoverScout
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. RoverScout
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. RoverScout
    119. Wind
    120. Con turret
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. RoverScout
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. RoverScout
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. RoverScout
    130. BlitzBlitz ×3
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz ×2
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz ×2
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz ×4
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. BlitzBlitz ×2
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. BeamerBeamer
    146. BlitzBlitz ×3
    147. Wind
    148. BlitzBlitz ×3
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz ×2
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. BeamerBeamer
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz ×2
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz ×2
    159. BeamerBeamer
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz ×2
    163. Wind
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. RoverScout
    166. Wind
    167. RoverScout
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. Wind
    170. RoverScout
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. RoverScout
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. RoverScout
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. RoverScout
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Wind
    181. RoverScout
    182. Wind
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. RoverScout
    185. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    186. Converter
    187. RoverScout
    188. Wind
    189. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    190. RoverScout
    191. Wind ×2
    192. RoverScout ×2
    193. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    194. RoverScout
    195. Converter
    196. Wind
    197. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    198. RoverScout ×2
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. Wind ×2
    202. RoverScout
    203. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    204. Converter
    205. RoverScout
    206. Wind
    207. Energy storage
    208. RoverScout
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. Wind
    211. RoverScout
    212. Wind ×2
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. RoverScout
    215. Wind
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. Wind
    218. Converter
    219. RoverScout
    220. Converter
    221. BlitzBlitz
    222. Wind
    223. RoverScout
    224. Converter
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. RoverScout
    227. Wind
    228. Con turret
    229. BlitzBlitz
    230. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (49 OS, 11/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% 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

1353 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008442131
3:001621143105
4:002709545333
5:0038551200813
6:00506020801512
7:00629929412450
8:00762437803332
9:00906046094251
10:001066152434952
11:001259157465677
12:001477463056491
13:001737669067192
14:002008975638079
15:002265682958940
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

Hummell

49.1 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
154 metal received · 8099 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:13 · n=857
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:40–0:58 · n=946
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:02–10:00 · n=1079

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