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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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 32 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:47
    3. RoverScout
    4. Wind
    5. RoverScout ×2
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. Wind
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. Wind
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz ×3
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz ×3
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
  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 · 113 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz ×3
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz ×4
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz ×4
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    16. BlitzBlitz ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Energy storage
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×5
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×3
    34. Mex
    35. BlitzBlitz ×2
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz ×4
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Mex
    41. BlitzBlitz ×2
    42. SentrySentry
    43. BlitzBlitz ×2
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:52 · typical 8:52
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz ×2
    50. Mex
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. SentrySentry
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. SentrySentry
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. BlitzBlitz ×3
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Wind
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz ×2
    76. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:30
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind ×2
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz ×2
    88. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    89. Con turret
    90. T2 converter
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    104. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. T2 converter
    108. Con turret
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. BlitzBlitz ×2
    113. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (37 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

JustSomeGuy

37.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
979 metal received · 5373 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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