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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 · 1699 distinct matches · 247 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1993 · 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 1699 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 0:33–0:54

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

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×4
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 (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 · 299 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×3
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×4
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 9:01
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×3
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn ×6
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind ×2
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:08 · typical 0:47
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. PawnPawn
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:22
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind ×2
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Con turret
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind ×2
    121. PawnPawn
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Con turret
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind ×3
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Con turret
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind ×2
    137. PawnPawn ×2
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Con turret
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind ×4
    142. PawnPawn
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. PawnPawn
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. Wind ×3
    148. PawnPawn
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. PawnPawn
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. PawnPawn ×2
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. PawnPawn ×2
    160. Wind ×3
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. PawnPawn ×2
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. PawnPawn ×2
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. PawnPawn ×2
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. PawnPawn ×2
    175. Wind
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. PawnPawn ×2
    180. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    181. BlitzBlitz
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. PawnPawn ×2
    185. Wind ×3
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. PawnPawn ×2
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×2
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    193. Wind
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. Wind ×2
    196. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. Wind ×4
    199. CrossbowCrossbow
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. CrossbowCrossbow
    202. Wind ×2
    203. CrossbowCrossbow
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. Wind
    206. CrossbowCrossbow
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. Wind
    209. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    210. CrossbowCrossbow
    211. Wind ×2
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. CrossbowCrossbow
    214. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    215. Wind
    216. CrossbowCrossbow
    217. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. Wind
    220. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    221. PawnPawn
    222. Wind
    223. CrossbowCrossbow
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. PawnPawn
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn
    228. BlitzBlitz
    229. PawnPawn ×2
    230. Wind ×2
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. PawnPawn ×2
    233. Wind
    234. PawnPawn
    235. BlitzBlitz
    236. PawnPawn
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Wind
    240. PawnPawn
    241. BlitzBlitz
    242. PawnPawn
    243. Wind
    244. PawnPawn
    245. Wind
    246. BlitzBlitz
    247. PawnPawn ×2
    248. BlitzBlitz
    249. PawnPawn ×2
    250. BlitzBlitz
    251. Wind
    252. PawnPawn ×2
    253. Wind ×2
    254. BlitzBlitz
    255. Wind
    256. PawnPawn ×2
    257. BlitzBlitz
    258. PawnPawn ×2
    259. BlitzBlitz
    260. PawnPawn ×2
    261. BlitzBlitz
    262. Wind ×2
    263. PawnPawn ×2
    264. BlitzBlitz
    265. Wind
    266. PawnPawn ×2
    267. BlitzBlitz
    268. PawnPawn ×2
    269. BlitzBlitz
    270. PawnPawn
    271. Wind
    272. PawnPawn
    273. Wind ×2
    274. BlitzBlitz
    275. PawnPawn ×2
    276. Wind
    277. BlitzBlitz
    278. PawnPawn ×2
    279. Wind
    280. BlitzBlitz
    281. PawnPawn ×2
    282. BlitzBlitz
    283. Wind ×2
    284. PawnPawn ×2
    285. Wind
    286. BlitzBlitz
    287. PawnPawn
    288. Wind
    289. PawnPawn
    290. BlitzBlitz
    291. PawnPawn ×2
    292. BlitzBlitz
    293. Wind ×2
    294. PawnPawn ×2
    295. BlitzBlitz
    296. Wind
    297. PawnPawn ×2
    298. BlitzBlitz
    299. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ObeIix's (31 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1993 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001618135108
4:002699522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519231427
7:00624927142302
8:00753435443173
9:00897343264069
10:001053850054807
11:001237355335547
12:001452759766408
13:001685764686999
14:001922071637826
15:002185478688687
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

ObeIix

30.8 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
4 metal received · 12402 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:54 · n=1331
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:14 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1563

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