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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. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Mex
  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 · 39 steps
    1. Mex
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. BlitzBlitz ×4
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Wind
    27. PincerPincer ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. PincerPincer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 104 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. SentrySentry
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Energy storage
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. SentrySentry
    13. BlitzBlitz ×5
    14. Con turret
    15. BlitzBlitz ×9
    16. Con turret
    17. BlitzBlitz ×7
    18. Con turret
    19. BlitzBlitz ×5
    20. Wind
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Wind
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:34
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Converter ×2
    36. Wind ×8
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. Wind
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. Converter
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind ×7
    47. Converter ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind ×6
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Converter ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind ×4
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Metal storage
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×5
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:43
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. ConsulConsul
    101. Wind ×2
    102. ConsulConsul
    103. Wind ×2
    104. ConsulConsul

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

Damsko

39.2 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
157 metal received · 45568 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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