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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 · 122 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Mex ×2
    4. RoverScout
    5. JanusJanus
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. JanusJanus ×2
    9. RoverScout ×3
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    11. Mex
    12. WhistlerMissile truck
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    17. Mex
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Mex
    23. BlitzBlitz ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. SentrySentry
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Con turret
    29. BlitzBlitz ×3
    30. Energy storage
    31. BlitzBlitz ×3
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. SentrySentry
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 8:52
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×5
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Con turret
    83. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    84. Con turret
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    89. Wind
    90. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind
    98. StoutStout
    99. Wind ×2
    100. StoutStout
    101. Wind
    102. StoutStout
    103. Wind
    104. StoutStout
    105. Wind ×2
    106. StoutStout
    107. Wind ×4
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. StoutStout
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind ×2
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind ×3
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:00 · 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

  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 · 37 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind ×3
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Con turret
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Converter
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (44 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

DRM

44.1 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
82 metal received · 24073 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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