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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 · 62 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. JanusJanus
    16. RoverScout ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RoverScout
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Mex
    21. WhistlerMissile truck ×4
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. WhistlerMissile truck ×6
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind ×2
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. Energy storage
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Con turret
    33. Mex
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:29 · typical 8:52
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Con turret
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. Wind ×6
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:19 · 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 · 253 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Energy storage
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Energy storage
    21. Metal storage
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. Energy storage
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:50
    37. PawnPawn ×3
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:15
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:20
    51. TickTick
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×2
    56. TickTick
    57. PawnPawn
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. TickTick
    63. PawnPawn
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. TickTick ×3
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. PawnPawn
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. PawnPawn
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. PawnPawn
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. StormbringerBomber
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. StormbringerBomber
    98. TickTick ×4
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. StormbringerBomber
    103. TickTick ×4
    104. StormbringerBomber
    105. TickTick ×4
    106. StormbringerBomber
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. PawnPawn
    111. StormbringerBomber
    112. TickTick ×4
    113. StormbringerBomber
    114. TickTick ×4
    115. StormbringerBomber
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. StormbringerBomber
    120. TickTick
    121. PawnPawn
    122. TickTick ×3
    123. StormbringerBomber
    124. TickTick ×4
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. TickTick ×4
    127. StormbringerBomber
    128. TickTick ×3
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. StormbringerBomber
    132. TickTick ×3
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Con turret
    136. StormbringerBomber
    137. TickTick ×3
    138. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    139. TickTick
    140. StormbringerBomber
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. PawnPawn
    143. TickTick ×11
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. PawnPawn
    147. TickTick ×12
    148. PawnPawn
    149. TickTick ×6
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×5
    152. PawnPawn
    153. TickTick ×12
    154. PawnPawn
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. StormbringerBomber
    159. TickTick ×4
    160. StormbringerBomber
    161. TickTick ×4
    162. StormbringerBomber
    163. PawnPawn
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:04
    166. TickTick ×2
    167. StormbringerBomber
    168. TickTick ×4
    169. StormbringerBomber
    170. TickTick ×4
    171. StormbringerBomber
    172. TickTick
    173. Con turret
    174. PawnPawn
    175. TickTick ×3
    176. StormbringerBomber
    177. TickTick ×4
    178. StormbringerBomber
    179. TickTick
    180. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    181. TickTick ×3
    182. StormbringerBomber
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. PawnPawn
    185. TickTick ×2
    186. StormbringerBomber
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. TickTick ×3
    190. PawnPawn
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:16
    193. TickTick
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. PawnPawn
    196. TickTick
    197. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:21
    198. TickTick
    199. Con turret
    200. TickTick ×3
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. TickTick ×2
    203. PawnPawn
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick
    206. BlitzBlitz
    207. TickTick
    208. PawnPawn
    209. TickTick ×2
    210. BlitzBlitz ×2
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. PawnPawn
    213. TickTick
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. TickTick
    216. BlitzBlitz ×2
    217. TickTick
    218. PawnPawn
    219. TickTick
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. TickTick
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. TickTick
    224. PawnPawn
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. TickTick
    227. BlitzBlitz
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind
    230. TickTick
    231. PawnPawn
    232. BlitzBlitz
    233. TickTick
    234. BlitzBlitz ×2
    235. TickTick
    236. BlitzBlitz
    237. TickTick
    238. BlitzBlitz
    239. TickTick
    240. BlitzBlitz
    241. PawnPawn
    242. TickTick
    243. Wind
    244. TickTick
    245. BlitzBlitz
    246. TickTick ×2
    247. BlitzBlitz
    248. PawnPawn
    249. TickTick ×2
    250. BlitzBlitz
    251. TickTick
    252. BlitzBlitz
    253. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

haaven

45.6 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
5269 metal received · 116930 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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