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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 · 70 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×4
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus ×2
    10. Mex
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. ShellshockerArty
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Mex
    19. ShellshockerArty
    20. JanusJanus
    21. SentrySentry
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. Con turret
    27. SentrySentry
    28. StoutStout
    29. Converter
    30. Mex ×2
    31. Advanced solar
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    34. Converter
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Mex
    37. Advanced solar
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Converter
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced solar
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. OverwatchOverwatch
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    49. Converter
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Advanced solar
    52. Converter
    53. Con turret
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    56. Converter
    57. Advanced solar
    58. Converter
    59. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    60. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    61. Advanced solar
    62. BeholderBeholder
    63. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    64. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    67. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    68. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:28 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:00
    3. CenturionCenturion ×3
    4. Converter
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Twilight
    7. CenturionCenturion ×2
    8. Converter
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Twilight
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:20
    18. TickTick
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. TickTick
    21. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Converter
    25. TickTick
    26. Twilight
    27. TickTick ×6
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×6
    30. Wind
    31. Twilight
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Converter
    34. TickTick ×3
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×3
    37. Twilight
    38. TickTick ×3
    39. PawnPawn ×5
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×12
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is starbird's (31 OS, 14/09/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

starbird

31.2 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
287 metal received · 11880 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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