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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 116 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus ×4
    18. PincerPincer
    19. JanusJanus
    20. BlitzBlitz ×9
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Energy storage
    28. BlitzBlitz ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind ×2
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Con turret
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Metal storage
    50. BlitzBlitz ×2
    51. Mex
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 8:53
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. Wind ×5
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. BlitzBlitz ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Con turret ×2
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    82. Wind
    83. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 11:08
    84. CrocodileCrocodile
    85. Con turret
    86. CrocodileCrocodile
    87. Con turret
    88. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    89. CrocodileCrocodile
    90. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind
    93. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    94. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    95. Wind
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. Wind
    98. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    99. Wind
    100. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    107. Wind
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. CrocodileCrocodilefor Beach sea
    110. Wind ×2
    111. CrocodileCrocodile
    112. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    113. Wind
    114. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:18
    115. Wind
    116. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:21 · 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 (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 50 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. PawnPawn
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. PawnPawn
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 14:21
    32. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    33. Wind ×2
    34. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    35. Wind ×2
    36. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    37. Wind
    38. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    39. Pit BullPit Bull
    40. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    41. Wind
    42. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    43. Wind
    44. CrocodileCrocodilefor Geo
    45. Wind
    46. CrocodileCrocodile
    47. Wind
    48. CrocodileCrocodile
    49. Wind
    50. CrocodileCrocodile

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (47 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

haaven

47.0 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
1677 metal received · 17893 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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