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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2for unknown
    2. Windfor unknown
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantfor unknowndone 0:43 · typical 0:47
  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 · 35 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Windfor unknown
    3. RoverScout
    4. Mexfor unknown
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor unknown
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor unknown
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Mex ×2for unknown
    11. JanusJanus ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. SentrySentryfor unknown
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor unknown
    15. Mexfor unknown
    16. SentrySentryfor unknown
    17. JanusJanus ×2
    18. Mexfor unknown
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor unknown
    20. BeamerBeamerfor unknown
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor unknown
    23. Windfor unknown
    24. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor unknown
    25. Windfor unknown
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor unknown
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Windfor unknown
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Windfor unknown
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Windfor unknown
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Windfor unknown
  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 · 38 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×2
    2. Windfor unknown
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Windfor unknown
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Windfor unknown
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Windfor unknown
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Windfor unknown
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Windfor unknown
    15. BlitzBlitz ×2
    16. Windfor unknown
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Con turretfor unknown
    19. Windfor unknown
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Windfor unknown
    22. BlitzBlitzfor unknown
    23. Con turretfor unknown
    24. Windfor unknown
    25. BlitzBlitzfor unknown
    26. Windfor unknown
    27. Con turretfor unknown
    28. BlitzBlitzfor unknown
    29. Windfor unknown
    30. BlitzBlitz ×3for unknown
    31. Windfor unknown
    32. BlitzBlitz ×4for unknown
    33. Windfor unknown
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2for unknown
    35. Windfor unknown
    36. BlitzBlitz ×3for unknown
    37. Windfor unknown
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2for unknown

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

Viltrum

41.1 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
427 metal received · 13640 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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