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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. TickTick ×5
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 109 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Con turret
    6. CenturionCenturion ×2
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. NettleNettle
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Wind ×2
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. GauntletGauntletdone 8:59
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Mex ×2
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Mex
    28. Con turret
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. Mex ×2
    31. Energy storage
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:08
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Con turret
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Con turret
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn ×3
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×6
    107. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (42 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

EpicTyrannus

42.2 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units · includes a constructor
48 metal received · 42053 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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