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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 · 956 distinct matches · 128 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1089 · 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 956 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 0:35–8:32

    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. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

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

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. MaceMace
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. BeholderBeholder
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    35. 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 (47%) · blitz (38%) · rocketeer (38%) · 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 · 220 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Energy storage
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. MaceMace
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. TickTick
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. TickTick
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. NettleNettle
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn ×3
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Con turret
    64. LazarusLazarus ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. BeholderBeholder
    68. CenturionCenturion ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47
    70. TickTick
    71. SentrySentry
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick
    76. SentrySentry ×2
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Converter
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    83. Converter
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. Converter
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Converter
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×3
    118. NettleNettle
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. NettleNettle
    127. TickTick
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick ×4
    130. Wind
    131. SentrySentry
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Wind
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Wind ×2
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Con turret
    144. SentrySentry
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind ×2
    149. TickTick
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:02 · typical 0:47
    155. Wind ×2
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Con turret
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. TickTick
    164. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:21
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. TickTick
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Converter
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. TickTick
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind ×2
    186. Con turret
    187. BlitzBlitz ×2
    188. Converter
    189. TickTick
    190. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:36
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick
    193. BlitzBlitz ×2
    194. TickTick
    195. Wind
    196. Con turret
    197. Wind ×3
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Advanced solar
    201. LazarusLazarus
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. Wind ×2
    204. Con turret
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. Wind
    207. LazarusLazarus
    208. Wind
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    211. Wind
    212. LazarusLazarus
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. Wind
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. LazarusLazarus
    217. Wind
    218. Advanced solar
    219. BlitzBlitz ×2
    220. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (37 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

1089 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001623141105
4:002712543333
5:0038681199818
6:00507821201534
7:00632830062457
8:00766238713361
9:00908746384329
10:001066653235062
11:001262258385711
12:001483463856544
13:001745070287287
14:002018376558104
15:002266984148946
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

Godmother13

37.1 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
112 metal received · 28397 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=686
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=774
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:03 · n=869

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