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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 · 1705 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1999 · 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 1705 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 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 · 36 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Mexfor Geo
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus ×2
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 (38%) · Radar Tower (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 175 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. PawnPawn
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Energy storage
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. PawnPawn
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:39 · typical 9:01
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×3
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Wind
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Con turret
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:30
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. BeamerBeamer
    111. Con turret
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. BeamerBeamer
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. TracerTracer
    131. PawnPawn
    132. BeamerBeamer
    133. PawnPawn ×6
    134. TickTick ×10
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Con turret
    137. PawnPawn ×3
    138. Fusion ReactorFusion
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Con turret
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Con turret
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Con turret
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Con turret ×2
    147. TickTick
    148. Con turret
    149. TickTick
    150. Con turret
    151. PawnPawn
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. PawnPawn
    154. TickTick
    155. PawnPawn ×3
    156. TickTick
    157. PawnPawn ×3
    158. TickTick
    159. PawnPawn ×4
    160. TickTick
    161. T2 converter
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick
    165. PawnPawn
    166. TickTick ×2
    167. PawnPawn ×3
    168. T2 converter
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    171. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:54
    172. PawnPawn
    173. TickTick
    174. Con turret
    175. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Taeze's (35 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 7:23 · 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

1999 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127784
6:00503519341427
7:00625127252302
8:00753535473173
9:00897343304069
10:001054650154807
11:001237655415547
12:001452759986408
13:001685764837002
14:001922071917827
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

Taeze

34.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
46 metal received · 19709 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=1336
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1290
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1569

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