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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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Mex ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. OverwatchOverwatch
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. OverwatchOverwatch
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 128 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. OverwatchOverwatch
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Con turret
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. MaceMace ×4
    7. SentrySentry
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. MaceMace
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. Wind
    22. MaceMace
    23. Wind
    24. MaceMace
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. MaceMace
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×25
    32. LazarusLazarus ×3
    33. Mex
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. MaceMace
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. MaceMace
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. TickTick
    41. MaceMace
    42. TickTick ×4
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. TickTick
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. MaceMace
    48. TickTick
    49. MaceMace
    50. SentrySentry
    51. TickTick
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. SentrySentry
    55. TickTick
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:08 · typical 8:52
    57. TickTick
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. PounderPounder
    60. TickTick
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. LasherLasher
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. TickTick
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. TickTick ×6
    69. Mex
    70. TickTick
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. TickTick
    79. Con turret
    80. Mex
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. TickTick
    83. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    84. TickTick
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. TickTick
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. SentrySentry
    90. TickTick ×4
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. SentrySentry
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret
    95. TickTick
    96. BlitzBlitz ×2
    97. SentrySentry
    98. MaceMace
    99. BlitzBlitz ×3
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Mex
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. MaceMace
    114. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    115. Wind
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. NettleNettle
    121. TickTick
    122. NettleNettle
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. NettleNettle
    128. TickTick

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

__Bear__

35.4 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
45 metal received · 8467 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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