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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 58 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Con turret
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Converter
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Mex
    40. Converter
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Converter
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Wind
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 244 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. PawnPawnfor Geo
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawnfor Geo
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. PawnPawnfor Geo
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. PawnPawnfor Geo
    34. Mex
    35. PawnPawn
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Mex
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind ×2
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Wind
    57. LazarusLazarus ×2
    58. Wind ×4
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Mex
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind ×3
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Con turret
    71. Converter ×2
    72. SentrySentry
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Converter
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind ×3
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind ×3
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×4
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×3
    94. SentrySentry
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:35 · typical 9:01
    101. Con turret
    102. SentrySentry
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind ×2
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Wind ×3
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind ×3
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind ×3
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. Converter ×2
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Con turret
    134. Converter
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×2
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind ×5
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Wind ×4
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind ×4
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Wind ×2
    149. Con turret ×2
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Converter
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Con turret
    162. Construction BotCon bot
    163. Wind ×6
    164. Construction BotCon bot
    165. Wind ×5
    166. Construction BotCon bot
    167. Wind ×2
    168. Con turret
    169. Wind ×3
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Converter ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. Wind
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    186. Wind ×3
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×3
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind ×2
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick
    195. Converter
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick
    198. Wind
    199. Converter
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind ×3
    202. TickTick
    203. Converter
    204. Con turret
    205. TickTick ×2
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind ×3
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind
    211. Con turret
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind ×2
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick
    217. Wind ×2
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind ×2
    220. Converter
    221. TickTick
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick
    224. Wind ×2
    225. TickTick
    226. Converter
    227. TickTick
    228. Wind ×2
    229. TickTick
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick
    232. Wind
    233. Converter
    234. Wind
    235. TickTick
    236. Converter
    237. TickTick
    238. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    239. Wind
    240. TickTick
    241. Converter
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick
    244. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XuunnY's (32 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

XuunnY

32.0 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1092 metal received · 38795 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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