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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 · 1687 distinct matches · 243 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 60% of 1981 · 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 1687 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 · 51 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×4
    5. BlitzBlitz ×4
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. Mex
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus ×2
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. WhistlerMissile truck
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Con turret
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. ShellshockerArty ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. Con turret
    24. StoutStout ×2
    25. OverwatchOverwatch
    26. StoutStout
    27. Wind
    28. StoutStout
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. StoutStout
    33. Wind ×2
    34. JanusJanus
    35. Wind
    36. JanusJanus
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. JanusJanus ×2
    39. SentrySentry
    40. JanusJanus ×2
    41. Wind ×3
    42. JanusJanus
    43. Wind
    44. JanusJanus
    45. Mex
    46. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    47. Mex
    48. JanusJanus ×2
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. JanusJanus
    51. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:25 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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

  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 · 51 steps
    1. JanusJanus
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. JanusJanus
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:44
    6. Twilight
    7. Wind
    8. WhistlerMissile truck
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GroundhogGroundhog
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    33. Solar
    34. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind ×2
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    42. Wind
    43. Medium MineMedium Mine
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    46. Wind
    47. Solar
    48. Medium MineMedium Mine
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Medium MineMedium Mine
    51. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (32 OS, 10/08/2026); 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

1981 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519341428
7:00624927222309
8:00753335453177
9:00897043294073
10:001052950054812
11:001236455365547
12:001452759886408
13:001685764687002
14:001922072077830
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

starbird

32.2 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
397 metal received · 8967 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=1323
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1277
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1555

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