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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×15
    18. LazarusLazarus ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Mex
  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 · 232 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:46 · typical 8:52
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Con turret
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret ×2
    29. Converter
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind ×2
    58. SentrySentry
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. NettleNettle
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×3
    71. Wind
    72. SentrySentry
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Con turret
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Con turret
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind ×2
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. SentrySentry
    106. Converter
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:58
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret ×2
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind ×2
    121. SentrySentry
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. SentrySentry
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×2
    142. Wind
    143. Energy storage
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. SentrySentry
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind ×2
    150. PawnPawn ×2
    151. Converter ×2
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn ×4
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn ×3
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn ×6
    162. Wind ×2
    163. PawnPawn ×5
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×3
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Converter
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn ×5
    172. Converter
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×4
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn ×5
    178. Wind ×2
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:39
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Con turret
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn ×2
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×2
    191. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    192. PawnPawn ×4
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn ×3
    195. Converter
    196. PawnPawn ×3
    197. Con turret
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn ×9
    201. Wind
    202. PawnPawn ×6
    203. Wind
    204. PawnPawn ×2
    205. Converter
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Mex
    208. Wind
    209. PawnPawn ×3
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn ×3
    212. Wind
    213. PawnPawn ×3
    214. Converter
    215. Wind
    216. PawnPawn ×2
    217. Wind
    218. PawnPawn
    219. Con turret
    220. PawnPawn
    221. Mex
    222. PawnPawn ×3
    223. Wind
    224. PawnPawn
    225. Wind
    226. PawnPawn ×2
    227. Converter
    228. PawnPawn ×5
    229. Wind
    230. PawnPawn ×3
    231. Converter
    232. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (50 OS, 12/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

49.8 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
225 metal received · 50382 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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