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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 · 1693 distinct matches · 245 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 61% of 1987 · 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 1693 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 0:33–0:55

    Some games also: wind (48%) · Vehicle Plant (35%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · typical 0:44
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 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 · 35 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. TickTick
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Con turret
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus ×2
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. 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 · 177 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. TickTick ×5
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28 · typical 9:01
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Energy storage
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Con turret
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. PawnPawn
    40. SentrySentry
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. Mex
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. Wind ×3
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Converter
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Energy storage
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Advanced solar
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced solar
    87. Con turret
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced solar
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:30
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced solar
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. Advanced solar
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    107. Wind
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. Advanced solar
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    114. Wind
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    116. Converter
    117. BeamerBeamer
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. Wind
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    121. Converter
    122. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    123. TickTick
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:04
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. Con turret
    139. TickTick
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. TickTick
    143. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×2
    153. BeamerBeamer
    154. Wind
    155. BeamerBeamer
    156. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    157. Wind ×8
    158. BeamerBeamer
    159. Wind ×2
    160. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    161. SentrySentry
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×3
    165. WelderWelder
    166. Converter
    167. Wind ×3
    168. SentrySentry
    169. SharpshooterSniper botdone 14:59
    170. Wind
    171. SentrySentry
    172. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. SentrySentry
    177. WelderWelder

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (46 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

1987 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008402131
3:001619134108
4:002700522333
5:0038471127787
6:00503519331427
7:00625327222302
8:00753535453173
9:00897343294069
10:001053550094807
11:001237255365546
12:001452759886402
13:001685764696999
14:001922071917826
15:002185478698687
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

Erilium

46.0 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
284 metal received · 65642 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:44Middle 50%: 0:33–0:55 · n=1326
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:41–1:13 · n=1281
Advanced Metal Extractor9:01Middle 50%: 8:09–10:15 · n=1559

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