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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:50 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout ×5
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz ×2
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. WhistlerMissile truck
    20. Wind
    21. WhistlerMissile truck
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. JanusJanus ×2
    28. Wind
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. WhistlerMissile truck
  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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 77 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    2. WhistlerMissile truck
    3. Wind
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. WhistlerMissile truck
    6. Wind
    7. WhistlerMissile truck
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    9. Wind
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 8:53
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. JanusJanus
    21. BlitzBlitz ×7
    22. Mex
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Mex
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. Mex
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    31. RoverScout
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. RoverScout ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. RoverScout
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. RoverScout
    38. Con turret
    39. RoverScout ×5
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. BlitzBlitz ×9
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. SentrySentry
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. SentrySentry
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    51. SentrySentry
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Mex
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. SentrySentry
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind ×2
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (52 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

51.9 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

39 received units · includes a constructor
112 metal received · 5813 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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