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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 0:44 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. PawnPawn ×5
  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 · 311 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Solar ×2
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Energy storage
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:21 · typical 0:47
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:28 · typical 8:52
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×3
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind ×5
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Wind
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Wind
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Converter
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Wind
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. StoutStout
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Wind ×2
    78. StoutStout
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. StoutStout
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Advanced solar
    86. Wind
    87. StoutStout
    88. Advanced solar
    89. Wind
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. StoutStout
    95. Wind ×2
    96. StoutStout
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. StoutStout
    102. Converter ×2
    103. Wind
    104. StoutStout
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. StoutStout
    108. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    109. Converter
    110. StoutStout
    111. Wind
    112. StoutStout
    113. Wind
    114. StoutStout ×2
    115. NettleNettle
    116. Wind
    117. StoutStout
    118. Wind
    119. StoutStout
    120. NettleNettle
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. StoutStout
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    125. StoutStout
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. StoutStout
    129. Wind
    130. NettleNettle
    131. StoutStout
    132. Wind ×2
    133. StoutStout
    134. Wind
    135. NettleNettle
    136. Wind
    137. StoutStout
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. StoutStout
    143. Wind
    144. StoutStout
    145. NettleNettle
    146. Wind
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind
    149. StoutStout
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. StoutStout
    153. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:00
    154. StoutStout
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. StoutStout
    159. Wind
    160. Energy storage
    161. TickTick
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. AnemoneAnemone
    164. StoutStout
    165. Wind
    166. Energy storage
    167. Wind
    168. StoutStout
    169. Wind
    170. LazarusLazarus
    171. Wind
    172. StoutStout
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. StoutStout
    178. Wind ×2
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. StoutStout
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. StoutStout
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind ×2
    190. StoutStout
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. StoutStout
    196. Wind
    197. TickTick ×2
    198. StoutStout
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    202. StoutStout
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick
    209. StoutStout
    210. Wind
    211. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick
    214. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    215. StoutStout
    216. TickTick
    217. Wind
    218. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    219. Converter
    220. TickTick
    221. LazarusLazarus
    222. Wind
    223. StoutStout
    224. LazarusLazarus
    225. Wind
    226. StoutStout
    227. Wind
    228. TickTick
    229. StoutStout
    230. TickTick
    231. Wind ×2
    232. CrossbowCrossbow
    233. StoutStout
    234. Wind
    235. CrossbowCrossbow
    236. StoutStout
    237. CrossbowCrossbow
    238. Wind
    239. StoutStout
    240. Wind
    241. CrossbowCrossbow
    242. StoutStout
    243. CrossbowCrossbow
    244. Converter
    245. Wind ×3
    246. StoutStout
    247. CrossbowCrossbow
    248. StoutStout
    249. TickTick
    250. Wind
    251. TickTick
    252. StoutStout
    253. Wind
    254. TickTick
    255. StoutStout
    256. TickTick ×2
    257. StoutStout
    258. TickTick
    259. Wind ×2
    260. TickTick
    261. StoutStout
    262. TickTick
    263. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    264. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    265. Wind
    266. TickTick
    267. Wind
    268. Converter
    269. StoutStout
    270. TickTick
    271. Wind
    272. TickTick
    273. StoutStout
    274. Wind
    275. TickTick
    276. StoutStout
    277. TickTick
    278. Wind
    279. TickTick
    280. StoutStout
    281. TickTick
    282. Wind ×2
    283. StoutStout
    284. TickTick
    285. StoutStout
    286. TickTick
    287. Wind
    288. TickTick
    289. Wind
    290. Con turret
    291. CenturionCenturion ×2
    292. TickTick
    293. StoutStout
    294. CrossbowCrossbow
    295. Con turret
    296. Wind
    297. Converter
    298. Wind ×2
    299. CrossbowCrossbow
    300. StoutStout
    301. Con turret
    302. CrossbowCrossbow
    303. Wind ×2
    304. StoutStout
    305. Con turret
    306. TickTick
    307. Wind
    308. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    309. StoutStout
    310. Wind
    311. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (63 OS, 30/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · 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_

63.5 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
480 metal received · 34904 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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