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

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 ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
275 metal received · 44940 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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