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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:42 · typical 0:47
  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 · 27 steps
    1. RoverScout ×5
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    9. Mex
    10. StoutStout
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Mex
    15. StoutStout
    16. JanusJanus
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. SentrySentry
    19. StoutStout
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. SentrySentry
    23. JanusJanus
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. StoutStout
    26. SentrySentry
    27. JanusJanus
  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 · 94 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. StoutStout
    5. Wind
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. StoutStout
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. StoutStout
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. StoutStout
    24. Wind
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. StoutStout
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. StoutStout
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. StoutStout
    43. Mex
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. StoutStout
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Converter
    54. StoutStout
    55. Con turret
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Con turret
    58. StoutStout
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. StoutStout
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. StoutStout
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. StoutStout
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Mex
    67. StoutStout
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Mex
    70. StoutStout
    71. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. StoutStout
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. StoutStout
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. StoutStout
    78. Mex
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. StoutStout
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. StoutStout
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. StoutStout
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. StoutStout
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. StoutStout
    89. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    90. Mex
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:51 · typical 8:53
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Con turret
    94. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (43 OS, 10/10/2026); 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

EpicTyrannus

42.9 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
2040 metal received · 32988 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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