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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 · 1709 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2004 · 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 1709 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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 40 steps
    1. Windfor Tech
    2. Bot LabBot Labfor Techdone 0:51 · typical 0:44
    3. Windfor Tech
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3for Tech
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. Windfor Tech
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Windfor Tech
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeerfor Tech
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Windfor Tech
    21. TickTick
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Windfor Tech
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Windfor Tech
    27. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Windfor Tech
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Windfor Tech
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. TickTick
    36. Windfor Tech
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    38. RocketeerRocketeerfor Tech
    39. Windfor Tech
    40. RocketeerRocketeerfor Tech
  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 · 120 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turretfor Tech
    3. Windfor Tech
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. CrossbowCrossbowfor Tech
    6. Windfor Tech
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Windfor Tech
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    11. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Tech
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Windfor Tech
    15. CenturionCenturionfor Tech
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Windfor Tech
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Energy storagefor Tech
    20. LazarusLazarusfor Tech
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Techdone 8:28 · typical 9:00
    22. Windfor Tech
    23. RocketeerRocketeerfor Tech
    24. Windfor Tech
    25. Mex
    26. Windfor Tech
    27. LazarusLazarusfor Tech
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    29. TickTick
    30. Windfor Tech
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Windfor Tech
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    35. Windfor Tech
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. CenturionCenturionfor Tech
    38. Windfor Tech
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Windfor Tech
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Windfor Tech
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Con turretfor Tech
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind ×2for Tech
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    48. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Windfor Tech
    51. PawnPawn ×5
    52. Windfor Tech
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. Windfor Tech
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Con turretfor Tech
    57. Energy storagefor Tech
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Windfor Tech
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Windfor Tech
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Windfor Tech
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    66. Windfor Tech
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Windfor Tech
    69. PawnPawn
    70. CrossbowCrossbow
    71. Windfor Tech
    72. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    73. Windfor Tech
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Windfor Tech
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. Windfor Tech
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Windfor Tech
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Windfor Tech
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Windfor Tech
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Windfor Tech
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Windfor Tech
    88. PawnPawn
    89. ParalyzerParalyzerfor Technot finished by 15:00
    90. Windfor Tech
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Windfor Tech
    93. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Geo
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Windfor Tech
    96. PawnPawn ×3
    97. Windfor Tech
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Windfor Tech
    100. PawnPawn
    101. PawnPawn ×3for Tech
    102. Windfor Tech
    103. FalconFighterfor Tech
    104. Windfor Tech
    105. PawnPawnfor Tech
    106. FalconFighterfor Tech
    107. PawnPawnfor Tech
    108. FalconFighter ×2for Tech
    109. PawnPawnfor Tech
    110. Windfor Tech
    111. FalconFighterfor Tech
    112. PawnPawnfor Tech
    113. FalconFighterfor Tech
    114. Mexfor Tech
    115. PawnPawnfor Tech
    116. Windfor Tech
    117. FalconFighterfor Tech
    118. Windfor Tech
    119. PawnPawnfor Tech
    120. FalconFighterfor Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (43 OS, 14/10/2026); 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

2004 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135109
4:002700522333
5:0038471126783
6:00503519371427
7:00625027262302
8:00753535483173
9:00897543324071
10:001055050154810
11:001238455405547
12:001453759986404
13:001688964946999
14:001926072177829
15:002185578738701
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

JustSomeGuy

42.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

123 received units · includes a constructor
969 metal received · 47201 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=1341
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1292
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1575

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