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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 · 123 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:47
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RoverScout ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. StoutStout
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. Mex
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. Wind
    20. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind
    29. JanusJanus
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. JanusJanus
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz ×4
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. BlitzBlitz ×2
    52. SentrySentry
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Energy storage
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. SentrySentry
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Wind
    68. PincerPincer
    69. Wind
    70. PincerPincer
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. PincerPincer
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Converter
    77. SentrySentry
    78. PincerPincer
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. SentrySentry
    82. PincerPincer
    83. Converter
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:07 · typical 8:52
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Mex
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Converter
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    92. Wind
    93. SentrySentry ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. SentrySentry
    97. Wind
    98. SentrySentry
    99. Wind
    100. SentrySentry
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Wind
    104. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:31
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:04
    109. BlitzBlitz ×3
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. SentrySentry
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. BlitzBlitz ×6
    115. RoverScout
    116. BlitzBlitz ×3
    117. Wind
    118. RoverScout
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz ×10
    123. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:08 · 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

  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 · 5 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×5
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Energy storage

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (39 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

[BS]Hellzie

39.2 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
127 metal received · 38269 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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