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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 · 99 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:57 · typical 0:47
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RoverScout ×4
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Wind
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Con turret
    19. Mex
    20. ShellshockerArty
    21. Converter
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. Converter
    24. StoutStout
    25. Wind
    26. StoutStout
    27. Wind
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. Wind
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. RoverScout ×2
    34. Wind
    35. RoverScout
    36. Mex
    37. RoverScout
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. JanusJanus
    43. Wind
    44. JanusJanus
    45. Wind
    46. GuardGuard
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    48. Wind
    49. JanusJanus
    50. Wind
    51. GuardGuard
    52. Wind
    53. AggravatorAggravator
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. JanusJanus
    58. GuardGuard
    59. RoverScout ×4
    60. GuardGuard
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. JanusJanus
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. GuardGuard
    65. JanusJanus
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. JanusJanus
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. JanusJanus
    70. RoverScout ×4
    71. Con turret
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. JanusJanus ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    76. Wind
    77. JanusJanus
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:19 · typical 9:00
    79. Wind
    80. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    81. JanusJanus
    82. RoverScout
    83. Wind
    84. RoverScout ×3
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    88. Con turret
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Con turret
    91. Energy storage ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. SentrySentry
    95. Con turret
    96. Advanced solar
    97. NettleNettle
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:17 · 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 · 89 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. Energy storage
    3. NettleNettle ×2
    4. Advanced solar
    5. TickTick ×6
    6. Advanced solar
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. TickTick ×4
    10. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:47
    11. TickTick ×4
    12. Advanced solar
    13. Con turret
    14. TickTick
    15. Con turret
    16. TickTick ×11
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:24
    20. TickTick
    21. Advanced solar
    22. TickTick
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×8
    27. PawnPawn ×4
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Con turret
    31. CrossbowCrossbow
    32. TickTick
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. TickTick
    35. PawnPawn ×3
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. TickTick
    39. CrossbowCrossbow
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. PawnPawn
    43. TickTick
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. ArbalestArbalest
    50. TickTick
    51. CrossbowCrossbow
    52. Advanced solar
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. CrossbowCrossbow
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. TickTick
    67. T2 converter
    68. CrossbowCrossbow
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. PawnPawn ×4
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced solar
    76. CrossbowCrossbow
    77. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    81. Con turret ×2
    82. Wind ×3
    83. SentrySentry
    84. T2 converter
    85. BeamerBeamer
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:56
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. T2 converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BiteMyAssets's (30 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

BiteMyAssets

30.2 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
563 metal received · 79489 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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