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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 198 steps
    1. Solar ×3
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×2
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. TickTick
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:05 · typical 0:47
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×2
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Converter
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. Mex
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Solar
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind ×4
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind ×3
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind ×4
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind ×4
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind ×3
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×3
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind ×2
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Converter
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Converter ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Converter
    105. Metal storage
    106. Wind
    107. Mex
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2
    114. Wind ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz ×2
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:46 · typical 8:52
    130. Wind
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:02
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×2
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. SentrySentry
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. Wind ×8
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×2
    146. ButlerButler
    147. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    148. Wind ×4
    149. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    150. Wind
    151. WelderWelder
    152. Wind ×3
    153. WelderWelder
    154. Converter
    155. Wind ×3
    156. WelderWelder
    157. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    158. Wind ×3
    159. ButlerButler
    160. Wind ×2
    161. ButlerButler
    162. Wind ×3
    163. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:15
    164. WelderWelder
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×3
    170. Converter ×2
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    173. Wind ×3
    174. Converter ×2
    175. Wind ×4
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×3
    178. Converter ×2
    179. Wind ×2
    180. WelderWelder
    181. Wind
    182. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    183. Converter
    184. Wind ×2
    185. WelderWelder
    186. Wind ×2
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. WelderWelder
    190. Converter
    191. Wind ×2
    192. Converter
    193. Wind
    194. WelderWelder
    195. Wind
    196. Converter
    197. Wind
    198. WelderWelder

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (61 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

confirm_

61.4 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1632 metal received · 28424 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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