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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. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:41 · typical 0:47
  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 · 45 steps
    1. RoverScout ×2
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Wind
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. Mex
    8. JanusJanus
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Con turret
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. JanusJanus
    23. Wind ×2
    24. JanusJanus
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. JanusJanus
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    32. JanusJanus
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    34. Wind ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. JanusJanus
    37. Wind
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. ShellshockerArty
    41. Wind ×3
    42. ShellshockerArty
    43. Wind
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. ShellshockerArty
  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 · 151 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. ShellshockerArty
    4. Wind ×3
    5. ShellshockerArty
    6. Wind
    7. PincerPincer
    8. Wind ×2
    9. PincerPincer
    10. Con turret
    11. Energy storage
    12. BlitzBlitz ×3
    13. Wind ×2
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Wind ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. Converter ×2
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Converter
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Converter ×2
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind ×2
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind ×2
    41. JanusJanus
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 8:52
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×7
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×5
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind ×2
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz ×2
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Con turret
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Converter
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Con turret
    96. BlitzBlitz ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:57
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz ×2
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind ×2
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind ×2
    112. BlitzBlitz ×2
    113. Wind ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Con turret
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz ×2
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. BlitzBlitz ×2
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Converter ×2
    141. BlitzBlitz ×2
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz ×2
    150. Wind ×2
    151. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (35 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

Hannodins

35.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
145 metal received · 12833 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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