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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×12
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    17. 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 · 282 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Solar
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. Wind ×2
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:55 · typical 8:52
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Wind
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×3
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. RocketeerRocketeer
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. RocketeerRocketeer
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. RocketeerRocketeer
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. SentrySentry
    102. PawnPawn
    103. BeamerBeamer
    104. Wind ×5
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. Wind
    109. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:08 · typical 0:47
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Mex
    114. Wind ×2
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TickTick
    118. StoutStout
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. StoutStout
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. StoutStout
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind ×2
    129. StoutStout
    130. TickTick
    131. SentrySentry
    132. TickTick
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. StoutStout
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. BeholderBeholder
    140. Wind
    141. StoutStout
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. StoutStout
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind ×2
    146. SentrySentry
    147. TickTick
    148. StoutStout
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind ×2
    151. StoutStout
    152. Converter
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. SentrySentry
    156. Converter
    157. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    158. Wind ×2
    159. TickTick
    160. Con turret
    161. TickTick
    162. StoutStout
    163. Wind ×2
    164. TickTick
    165. Con turret
    166. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind ×2
    169. TickTick
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. StoutStout
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. SentrySentry
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. TickTick
    180. StoutStout
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Converter
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. StoutStout
    187. Converter
    188. TickTick ×2
    189. StoutStout
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick ×2
    193. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    194. StoutStout
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. StoutStout
    197. TickTick
    198. Wind ×2
    199. TickTick
    200. StoutStout
    201. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    206. TickTick
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. Wind
    209. PawnPawn
    210. Converter
    211. Wind
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. PawnPawn
    214. Wind
    215. BeamerBeamer
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Wind ×2
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. PawnPawn
    221. BlitzBlitz
    222. Wind
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Wind
    225. BeamerBeamer
    226. BlitzBlitz
    227. Wind
    228. PawnPawn
    229. Converter
    230. Wind
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. Wind
    233. PawnPawn
    234. Wind
    235. Mex
    236. BlitzBlitz
    237. PawnPawn
    238. BlitzBlitz
    239. Wind
    240. PawnPawn
    241. BeamerBeamer
    242. BlitzBlitz
    243. PawnPawn
    244. Wind ×2
    245. BlitzBlitz
    246. BeamerBeamer
    247. PawnPawn
    248. Converter
    249. BlitzBlitz
    250. Wind ×2
    251. PawnPawn
    252. BlitzBlitz
    253. PawnPawn
    254. Wind
    255. FerretFerret
    256. Wind
    257. BlitzBlitz
    258. Wind
    259. PawnPawn
    260. Wind ×2
    261. PawnPawn
    262. BlitzBlitz
    263. Wind
    264. Converter
    265. BlitzBlitz
    266. PawnPawn
    267. Wind
    268. BlitzBlitz
    269. PawnPawn
    270. Wind
    271. Mex
    272. LazarusLazarus
    273. BlitzBlitz
    274. Wind
    275. LazarusLazarus
    276. BlitzBlitz
    277. Wind
    278. LazarusLazarus
    279. BlitzBlitz
    280. LazarusLazarus
    281. Wind
    282. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (63 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

confirm_

63.5 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

48 received units · includes a constructor
757 metal received · 11402 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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