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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 · 141 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×3for Pond
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. RoverScoutfor Pond
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Mex ×2
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. Wind
    28. JanusJanus
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    32. ShellshockerArty
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. ShellshockerArty
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. ShellshockerArty
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Wind
    40. ShellshockerArty
    41. Wind
    42. ShellshockerArty
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. JanusJanus
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. Wind
    47. JanusJanus
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. ShellshockerArty
    51. Wind
    52. ShellshockerArty
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:18 · typical 8:52
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Con turret
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Mex
    63. Energy storage
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×3
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Wind
    85. Energy storagefor Geo sea
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind ×2
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Con turret
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    110. Wind ×5
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×8
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. StoutStout
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. StoutStout
    119. Wind
    120. StoutStout
    121. Wind ×2
    122. StoutStout
    123. Wind ×2
    124. StoutStout
    125. Con turret ×2
    126. Pit BullPit Bull
    127. StoutStout
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. StoutStout
    133. Wind ×2
    134. StoutStout
    135. Wind
    136. StoutStout
    137. Wind ×2
    138. StoutStout
    139. Wind ×2
    140. StoutStout
    141. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:55 · 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 · 84 steps
    1. StoutStout
    2. Wind ×2
    3. StoutStout
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. StoutStout
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. StoutStout
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. StoutStout
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind ×2
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind ×2
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. StoutStout
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind ×3
    27. PawnPawn
    28. StoutStout
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. StoutStout
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. StoutStout
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Wind
    41. StoutStout
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. StoutStout
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. StoutStout
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. StoutStout
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind ×2
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. StoutStout
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. StoutStout
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. StoutStout
    67. Wind ×2
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. StoutStout
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. StoutStout
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. StoutStout
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Wind
    82. StoutStout
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (50 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

50.0 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
529 metal received · 28848 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

Played most by

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