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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 0:44 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. RoverScout ×2
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Mex
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind
    24. JanusJanus ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. JanusJanus
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 130 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. JanusJanus ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:03 · typical 8:52
    17. JanusJanus
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. BlitzBlitz ×3
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×4
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz ×4
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. BlitzBlitz ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. BlitzBlitz ×7
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. BlitzBlitz ×5
    45. WhistlerMissile truck
    46. BlitzBlitz ×5
    47. WhistlerMissile truck
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. BlitzBlitz ×4
    51. WhistlerMissile truck
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Con turret ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Con turret
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. WhistlerMissile truck
    62. Wind ×3
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. WhistlerMissile truck
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Con turret ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind ×2
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. WhistlerMissile truck
    88. Wind ×3
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Con turret ×2
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind ×3
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. Pit BullPit Bull
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×3
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind ×2
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind ×2
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. WhistlerMissile truck
    111. Con turret
    112. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:13
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz ×5
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz ×2
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz ×2
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz ×4
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz ×2
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. WhistlerMissile truck
    130. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (50 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

Leohvm

50.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units · includes a constructor
124 metal received · 52175 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

Played most by

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