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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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    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. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Mex
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Mex
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind
    37. 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 · 288 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:04 · typical 8:52
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Con turret
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind ×4
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind ×2
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×2
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind ×3
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×3
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind ×3
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:29
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×3
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind ×3
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Con turret
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Con turret
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Converter
    102. PawnPawn ×5
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×6
    113. Wind ×2
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×3
    121. Wind ×2
    122. PawnPawn ×5
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Converter
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×4
    129. Converter
    130. PawnPawn ×8
    131. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×5
    137. Wind
    138. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:14
    139. PawnPawn ×3
    140. Converter
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Con turret
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Con turret
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Con turret
    149. PawnPawn ×3
    150. Energy storage
    151. PawnPawn ×6
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×8
    154. Converter
    155. PawnPawn ×5
    156. Con turret
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn ×6
    160. Wind ×2
    161. PawnPawn ×3
    162. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:34
    163. PawnPawn ×5
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×4
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn ×4
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn ×2
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn ×4
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn ×3
    175. Con turret
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn ×5
    179. Converter
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. Wind
    184. PawnPawn ×5
    185. Converter
    186. PawnPawn ×2
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×5
    191. Converter
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Converter
    195. PawnPawn ×2
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn ×3
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn ×2
    200. Converter
    201. Wind ×2
    202. CenturionCenturion ×2
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Wind
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. CenturionCenturion
    208. Wind ×3
    209. CenturionCenturion
    210. Converter
    211. Con turret
    212. CenturionCenturion ×2
    213. Wind
    214. Converter ×2
    215. Wind ×2
    216. CenturionCenturion
    217. Con turret
    218. CenturionCenturion
    219. Wind ×4
    220. CenturionCenturion
    221. Wind
    222. CenturionCenturion
    223. Wind ×3
    224. CenturionCenturion
    225. Converter
    226. Wind ×4
    227. CenturionCenturion
    228. Wind
    229. CenturionCenturion
    230. Wind
    231. Converter ×2
    232. Wind
    233. CrossbowCrossbow ×4
    234. Wind
    235. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    236. Converter
    237. Wind
    238. CrossbowCrossbow
    239. Wind ×2
    240. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    241. Wind ×2
    242. Converter
    243. Wind ×5
    244. Converter
    245. Wind ×2
    246. TickTick ×3
    247. Wind
    248. TickTick ×2
    249. Wind
    250. TickTick ×4
    251. Converter
    252. TickTick ×2
    253. Wind
    254. Converter
    255. Con turret
    256. TickTick ×3
    257. Con turret
    258. TickTick
    259. Wind
    260. TickTick ×3
    261. Wind
    262. TickTick ×7
    263. T2 converter
    264. Wind
    265. TickTick ×3
    266. Wind ×2
    267. TickTick
    268. Wind
    269. TickTick
    270. Converter
    271. TickTick ×5
    272. Wind
    273. TickTick ×7
    274. Wind
    275. TickTick
    276. Converter
    277. Wind
    278. TickTick ×9
    279. Converter
    280. TickTick ×2
    281. Converter
    282. TickTick
    283. Converter
    284. TickTick ×2
    285. Wind
    286. TickTick ×4
    287. Converter
    288. TickTick ×5

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
32 metal received · 25636 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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