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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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. PawnPawnfor Pond
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn ×2for Pond
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn ×4
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. TickTick
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    22. Mex
    23. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 159 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Mex ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:55 · typical 0:47
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. BlitzBlitz ×2
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:07 · typical 8:52
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Mex
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×4
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind ×2
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×4
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    81. Wind ×3
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind ×3
    105. JanusJanus
    106. StoutStout
    107. Wind
    108. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    109. Wind
    110. StoutStout
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind
    113. StoutStout
    114. Wind
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. StoutStout
    117. Wind
    118. StoutStout
    119. Con turret
    120. StoutStout
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. StoutStout
    125. Wind
    126. StoutStout
    127. Wind
    128. StoutStout
    129. Wind
    130. RoverScout
    131. StoutStout ×2
    132. Converter
    133. StoutStout
    134. Converter
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. StoutStout
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. StoutStout
    140. Converter
    141. RoverScout
    142. StoutStout
    143. Wind
    144. StoutStout
    145. Wind
    146. StoutStout
    147. Wind
    148. StoutStout
    149. Wind
    150. StoutStout
    151. Mex
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. RoverScout
    155. StoutStout ×2
    156. Wind
    157. StoutStout
    158. Wind
    159. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (61 OS, 29/08/2026); 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_

61.4 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
49 metal received · 12377 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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