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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. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
  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 · 29 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Wind
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Wind
    17. WhistlerMissile truck
    18. Wind
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Wind
    21. JanusJanus
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. 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 · 136 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BlitzBlitz ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. BlitzBlitz ×3
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 7:18 · typical 8:52
    11. Con turret
    12. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:10
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. BlitzBlitz ×2
    15. Wind
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Con turret
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    46. Con turret
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. Wind
    59. StoutStout
    60. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    61. Wind
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    63. Wind
    64. StoutStout
    65. Wind
    66. StoutStout
    67. Wind
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    70. Wind
    71. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    72. Wind
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Wind
    75. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    76. Wind
    77. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    78. Wind
    79. StoutStout
    80. Wind
    81. StoutStout
    82. Con turret
    83. StoutStout
    84. Wind
    85. StoutStout
    86. Wind
    87. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:16
    88. StoutStout
    89. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    90. Wind
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. StoutStout
    93. Wind
    94. BlinkScout plane
    95. Wind
    96. StoutStout
    97. BlinkScout plane
    98. Wind
    99. StoutStout
    100. BlinkScout plane ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. StoutStout
    103. Wind
    104. BlinkScout plane
    105. StoutStout
    106. BlinkScout plane
    107. Wind
    108. StoutStout
    109. BlinkScout plane
    110. StoutStout
    111. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:25
    112. BlinkScout plane
    113. Wind
    114. BlinkScout plane
    115. StoutStout
    116. BlinkScout plane
    117. Wind ×2
    118. StoutStout
    119. BlinkScout plane
    120. Wind
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. StoutStout
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. BlinkScout plane
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Wind
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. StoutStout
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Wind
    131. BlinkScout plane
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    133. Wind
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. StoutStout
    136. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 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

Leohvm

50.9 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
192 metal received · 15673 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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