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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 ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:35 · typical 0:47
  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 · 35 steps
    1. RoverScout ×4
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    3. JanusJanus
    4. Mex
    5. JanusJanus
    6. ShellshockerArty
    7. Mex
    8. ShellshockerArty
    9. Wind
    10. ShellshockerArty
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. ShellshockerArty
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. JanusJanus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. SentrySentry
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. SentrySentry
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. Mex
    35. BlitzBlitz ×2
  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 · 103 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. BlitzBlitz ×2
    5. Wind
    6. BlitzBlitz ×3
    7. Wind
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz ×2
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Wind
    17. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. Energy storage
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz ×3
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:21 · typical 8:52
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Wind ×3
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. NettleNettle
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. NettleNettle
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×2
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. RoverScout
    91. Wind
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind
    94. RoverScout ×2
    95. Con turret
    96. RoverScout
    97. Wind ×4
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind ×4
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Adeus's (35 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

Adeus

35.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
946 metal received · 20251 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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