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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:45 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. RoverScout ×3
    2. BlitzBlitz ×2
    3. Mex
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. JanusJanus
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex ×2
    9. JanusJanus
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus ×2
    14. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus ×2
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz ×7
  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 · 92 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×18
    2. Con turret
    3. Mex
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:27
    8. Wind ×5
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Energy storage
    12. ScorpionScorpion
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Wind ×6
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    16. BeamerBeamer ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    18. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Con turret
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. PersecutorPersecutordone 12:46
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. Wind
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    41. PersecutorPersecutor
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Con turret ×2
    44. SentrySentry
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. Con turret
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Con turret
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Con turret
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. ScorpionScorpion
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Con turret
    86. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    87. NettleNettle
    88. Con turret
    89. NettleNettle ×2
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. NettleNettle
    92. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 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

Leohvm

50.9 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
229 metal received · 62759 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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