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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (45 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Hummell

45.1 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
202 metal received · 39153 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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