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Standard front

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9 minutes, with a mixed T1 army of Blitz, Rocketeer, Pawn and Janus sent to hold the wider gap and then middle.

#eco · 935 distinct matches · 127 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1063 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 935 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
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:30

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (45%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · blitz (39%) · rocketeer (39%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 184 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind ×3
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Con turret
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind ×2
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Wind ×2
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Metal storage
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:40 · typical 8:52
    62. Wind ×2
    63. TickTick ×3
    64. Wind ×2
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. BeamerBeamer
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Converter
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:25 · typical 0:47
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Con turret
    92. Mex
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Energy storage
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. Mex
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. BeamerBeamer
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. BeamerBeamer
    115. BlitzBlitz ×5
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. Mex
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Converter
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Advanced solar
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Advanced solar
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Advanced solar
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz ×3
    146. Converter
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Wind
    149. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz ×4
    156. Converter
    157. BlitzBlitz ×2
    158. Wind
    159. BlitzBlitz ×4
    160. BeamerBeamer
    161. Con turret
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Wind
    164. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Converter
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. BeamerBeamer
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind
    171. Con turret
    172. BeamerBeamer
    173. Converter
    174. Con turret
    175. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:40
    176. Wind ×2
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. BeamerBeamer
    179. Wind
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. LazarusLazarus
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. Wind
    184. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (64 OS, 03/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:17 · in 67% 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

1063 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008462131
3:001624140105
4:002712540333
5:0038681188813
6:00507620991526
7:00631429842459
8:00766238713365
9:00908746324312
10:001066653085060
11:001260858195701
12:001481563136521
13:001744069817256
14:002018375848093
15:002263083948939
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

confirm_

63.6 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1160 metal received · 18826 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:30 · n=670
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:59 · n=753
Advanced Metal Extractor8:52Middle 50%: 8:00–10:03 · n=845

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