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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 · 76 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:56 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×3
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. RoverScout
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. SentrySentry
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. Wind
    30. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    31. Con turret
    32. ShellshockerArty
    33. Con turret
    34. ShellshockerArty ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. ShellshockerArty ×2
    37. Energy storage
    38. WhistlerMissile truck
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    44. WhistlerMissile truck
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Wind
    48. WhistlerMissile truck
    49. Wind ×2
    50. WhistlerMissile truck
    51. Wind ×2
    52. WhistlerMissile truck
    53. Wind
    54. WhistlerMissile truck
    55. Wind ×7
    56. WhistlerMissile truck
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Mex
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 8:52
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    76. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:49 · 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 · 130 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×5
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Converter
    10. TickTick ×6
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. TickTick ×9
    14. Con turret
    15. TickTick
    16. Converter
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×5
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. TickTick ×3
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×4
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick ×6
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×3
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick ×5
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×3
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×8
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:50
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. TickTick
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×3
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick ×4
    74. Con turret
    75. PawnPawn
    76. CenturionCenturion
    77. Con turret
    78. CenturionCenturion ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. CenturionCenturion
    81. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. CenturionCenturion
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (41 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

[MooDeng]NongJohn

40.6 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
93 metal received · 21185 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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