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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×3
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Converter
  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 · 75 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. NettleNettle
    21. GauntletGauntletdone 8:22
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind
    24. NettleNettle
    25. Converter
    26. NettleNettle
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. NettleNettle
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. NettleNettle
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:50 · typical 9:00
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. Mex
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. VeilVeil
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:12
    68. Con turret
    69. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    70. Con turret
    71. T2 converter
    72. Con turret
    73. T2 converter
    74. Con turret
    75. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iUzername's (31 OS, 12/08/2026); 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 7:24 · 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

iUzername

31.0 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
309 metal received · 21821 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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