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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (51 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

51.1 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

61 received units · includes a constructor
180 metal received · 102366 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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