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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 · 74 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:44 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout ×5
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. RoverScout
    11. Mex
    12. RoverScout
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. SentrySentry
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. Mex
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. JanusJanus
    24. Wind
    25. JanusJanus
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. Wind
    33. JanusJanus
    34. Mex
    35. JanusJanus
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. WhistlerMissile truck
    39. Wind
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    41. JanusJanus
    42. Wind
    43. JanusJanus
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. JanusJanus ×2
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz ×3
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz ×3
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz ×7
    60. Con turret
    61. BlitzBlitz ×3
    62. Con turret
    63. BlitzBlitz ×3
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×4
    65. Energy storage
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:31 · typical 8:52
    68. Mex
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    71. Mex
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:27 · 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 · 56 steps
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:29
    2. PawnPawn ×3
    3. Wind ×3
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Mex
    17. Con turret
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×3
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×3
    32. Mex
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×3
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Mex
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 OS, 23/09/2026); 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 · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

142 received units · includes a constructor
479 metal received · 37514 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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