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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SauceDispenser's (35 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

SauceDispenser

35.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
224 metal received · 57770 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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