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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 · 1700 distinct matches · 248 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1994 · 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 1700 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 0:33–0:56

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 95 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 1:04 · typical 0:47
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Con turret
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Energy storage
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Wind
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Wind ×2
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. ShellshockerArty
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. ShellshockerArty
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Converter
    39. ShellshockerArty
    40. Converter
    41. ShellshockerArty
    42. Converter
    43. WhistlerMissile truck
    44. Converter
    45. JanusJanus
    46. Converter
    47. WhistlerMissile truck
    48. JanusJanus
    49. Wind
    50. JanusJanus
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:10 · typical 9:00
    53. Wind
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Metal storage
    57. Wind
    58. WhistlerMissile truck
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. WhistlerMissile truck
    62. Wind
    63. JanusJanus
    64. Wind
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Wind
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Wind
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind ×7
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. SentrySentry
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×4
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter
    93. Metal storage
    94. Wind ×4
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:36 · 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

  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 · 56 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Converter
    4. TickTick ×5
    5. Wind ×2
    6. TickTick ×5
    7. Wind ×2
    8. TickTick ×3
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. SentrySentry
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Metal storage
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind ×2
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Metal storage
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:56
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DrSmack's (30 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

1994 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002700522333
5:0038471128787
6:00503519281428
7:00625027202303
8:00753535463173
9:00897343304071
10:001054250114810
11:001237555405548
12:001452859986409
13:001685964707001
14:001921771867827
15:002184978708694
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

DrSmack

30.2 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
26 metal received · 46411 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:56 · n=1332
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1286
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1564

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