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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. LazarusLazarus ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 195 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:05 · typical 8:53
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×2
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×2
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind ×2
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×2
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Wind ×2
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. GauntletGauntletdone 9:38
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind ×2
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind ×2
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Con turret
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×4
    103. Con turret
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    106. PawnPawn
    107. LazarusLazarus ×2
    108. Mex
    109. PawnPawn ×3
    110. Con turret
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Con turret
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×3
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn ×2
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind ×2
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:55
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Wind ×2
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. Energy storage
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind ×2
    148. SharpshooterSniper botnot finished by 15:00
    149. Wind
    150. SharpshooterSniper bot
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind ×2
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×2
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind ×2
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind ×2
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind ×3
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind ×2
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind ×2
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn ×3
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn ×2
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn ×3
    178. Wind ×2
    179. PawnPawn ×2
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. Con turret ×2
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret ×4
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Con turret
    187. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:43
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn ×3
    190. Wind
    191. PawnPawn
    192. Wind
    193. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    194. PawnPawn ×2
    195. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Alphacure's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

Alphacure

36.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
82 metal received · 13754 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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