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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×8
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. MaceMace
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. SentrySentry
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Mex
    33. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 223 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. MaceMace
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GauntletGauntletdone 7:15
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:19 · typical 9:00
    23. Wind ×2
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Wind
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Con turret
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. TickTick ×4
    56. Con turret
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×4
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Con turret
    63. TickTick
    64. Con turret
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. TickTick ×5
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. TickTick
    71. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:30 · typical 0:47
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×6
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. TickTick
    85. Converter
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. TickTick
    93. Converter
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. TickTick
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. TickTick
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. TickTick ×2
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. LazarusLazarus
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. LazarusLazarus
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. LazarusLazarus
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. LazarusLazarus
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. TickTick ×2
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Wind
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Wind
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick ×3
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. TickTick
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. TickTick
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. TickTick ×2
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. TickTick ×2
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. TickTick
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. TickTick ×2
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. BlitzBlitz
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. TickTick
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. TickTick ×2
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. TickTick
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. TickTick
    222. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    223. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NoobSlayer's (30 OS, 17/08/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

NoobSlayer

30.4 OS · 17/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
333 metal received · 53560 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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