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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn ×5
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 73 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. PawnPawn
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Wind
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind ×2
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Energy storage
    22. Wind ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. Solar
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:21 · typical 8:52
    32. Wind ×2
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced solar
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Solar
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Advanced solar
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Advanced solar
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. CenturionCenturion ×4
    52. Con turret
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. CenturionCenturion ×3
    57. Con turret
    58. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:52
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Con turret
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Con turret
    63. Advanced solar
    64. Con turret
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Advanced solar
    67. LazarusLazarus ×2
    68. Solar
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. Solar
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Solar
    73. LazarusLazarus ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rosie's (36 OS, 04/08/2026); 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

Rosie

35.8 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
429 metal received · 13027 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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