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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 · 1722 distinct matches · 249 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 2020 · 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 1722 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 (36%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 84 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:51 · typical 0:47
    5. RoverScout ×4
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Mex ×2
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Wind
    17. JanusJanus
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. JanusJanus ×2
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz ×3
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz ×3
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz ×3
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×3
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz ×3
    41. Con turretfor Geo sea
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Con turret
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:00 · typical 9:00
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Energy storage
    47. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    52. Advanced solar ×2
    53. Con turret ×2for Suicide front
    54. Con turret
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:29
    57. FalconFighter ×2
    58. FalconFighter ×2for Geo
    59. Advanced solar
    60. FalconFighterfor Geo
    61. FalconFighter ×3
    62. FalconFighter ×3for Geo
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. FalconFighterfor Geo
    65. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    66. StorkLight transport
    67. Con turret
    68. StorkLight transport
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind ×9
    73. Con turretfor Suicide front
    74. Con turret
    75. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:21
    76. Con turret
    77. Con turretfor Suicide front
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    83. FalconFighter
    84. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:59 · 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 (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 · 44 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. PulsarPulsardone 13:38
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×2
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Wind ×5
    34. Con turretfor Suicide front
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PulsarPulsarfor Suicide front
    37. Wind
    38. Con turretfor Suicide front
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    43. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 14:55
    44. Wind ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 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 65% 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

2020 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619135110
4:002700522333
5:0038471128782
6:00503419341425
7:00625427242301
8:00753835473173
9:00898143304071
10:001055350134808
11:001238855385547
12:001454059766401
13:001689864776999
14:001927572057829
15:002189278708701
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

Leohvm

52.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
671 metal received · 54504 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=1354
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1300
Advanced Metal Extractor9:00Middle 50%: 8:08–10:14 · n=1588

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