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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    16. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn ×3
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
  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 · 231 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. TickTickfor Suicide front
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:05 · typical 8:52
    32. Wind ×5
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind ×3
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. SentrySentry
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:03 · typical 0:47
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Energy storage
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind ×3
    81. PawnPawn
    82. SentrySentry
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind ×2
    85. StoutStout
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. StoutStout
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. StoutStout
    97. Wind ×2
    98. LazarusLazarus
    99. StoutStout
    100. SentrySentry
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. SentrySentry
    106. Wind ×3
    107. StoutStout
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. StoutStout
    111. Wind ×3
    112. Converter
    113. StoutStout
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced solar
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. StoutStout
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Advanced solar
    121. Wind
    122. StoutStout
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. StoutStout
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Advanced solar
    129. StoutStout
    130. Wind ×3
    131. StoutStout
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×3
    134. StoutStout
    135. Wind
    136. StoutStout
    137. Wind ×2
    138. StoutStout
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. StoutStout
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Converter
    145. StoutStout
    146. Wind ×2
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Converter ×2
    150. StoutStout
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. StoutStout
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×2
    156. StoutStout
    157. Converter
    158. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    159. StoutStout
    160. Wind ×2
    161. StoutStout
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2
    164. StoutStout
    165. Wind
    166. StoutStout
    167. Wind
    168. StoutStout
    169. Wind ×2
    170. StoutStout
    171. Wind ×2
    172. StoutStout
    173. Pit BullPit Bull
    174. StoutStout
    175. Wind ×2
    176. StoutStout
    177. Converter
    178. Con turret
    179. StoutStout
    180. Wind ×2
    181. Con turret
    182. Wind ×2
    183. Con turret
    184. Wind
    185. StoutStout
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. Wind
    188. Con turret
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:08
    191. Wind
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. Wind
    194. Converter
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. Wind
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. Wind
    201. Con turret
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. Con turret
    204. Wind
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. Wind
    207. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    208. BlitzBlitz
    209. Wind
    210. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. Wind
    213. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. Wind
    216. BlitzBlitz ×2
    217. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. Wind ×2
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    222. Converter
    223. BlitzBlitz
    224. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. Wind ×2
    227. BlitzBlitz
    228. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    229. BlitzBlitz
    230. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    231. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (62 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

confirm_

62.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

43 received units · includes a constructor
57 metal received · 5731 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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