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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (51 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

51.4 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
249 metal received · 37546 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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