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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 · 110 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:46 · typical 0:47
    4. RoverScout
    5. Solar
    6. RoverScout
    7. Wind
    8. RoverScout
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    11. Mex
    12. ShellshockerArty
    13. Mex
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. BlitzBlitz ×3
    17. Mex
    18. ShellshockerArty
    19. SentrySentry
    20. JanusJanus
    21. BlitzBlitz ×3
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. JanusJanus
    24. SentrySentry ×2
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Mex
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. SentrySentry
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. ShellshockerArty
    31. SentrySentry
    32. JanusJanus
    33. Mex
    34. SentrySentry
    35. BlitzBlitz ×3
    36. ShellshockerArty
    37. JanusJanus
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Mex
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. SentrySentry
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. ShellshockerArty
    44. JanusJanus
    45. BlitzBlitz ×3
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 8:53
    47. ShellshockerArty
    48. JanusJanus
    49. BlitzBlitz ×5
    50. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz ×9
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×2
    59. NettleNettle
    60. BlitzBlitz ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Converter
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Converter
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. SentrySentry
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz ×2
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Converter
    96. Con turret
    97. BlitzBlitz ×2
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz ×2
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    106. Wind
    107. Naval Energy Storage
    108. Converter
    109. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    110. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:23 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Optimusprimenutt's (40 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

Optimusprimenutt

39.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
111 metal received · 18747 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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