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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. MaceMace
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. MaceMace
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Energy storage
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. SentrySentry
    29. MaceMace
    30. PawnPawn
    31. SentrySentry
    32. PawnPawn
  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 · 79 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Con turret
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. SentrySentry
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Tech
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3for Tech
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Mex ×3
    63. TickTick
    64. Mex ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    67. TickTick
    68. Con turret
    69. PawnPawn
    70. TickTick
    71. Con turret
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Mex ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. PawnPawn
    76. BeamerBeamer
    77. Mexfor Tech
    78. PawnPawnfor Tech
    79. Mexfor Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BambaDamba's (36 OS, 03/08/2026); 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

BambaDamba

35.6 OS · 03/08/2026

Open source match ↗

59 received units · includes a constructor
612 metal received · 30255 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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