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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GoldReasons's (35 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

GoldReasons

34.7 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
535 metal received · 21090 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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