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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 40 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Con turret
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. 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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 143 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:53 · typical 0:47
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Con turret
    8. Energy storage
    9. ShellshockerArty
    10. Wind ×4
    11. ShellshockerArty
    12. Con turret
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind
    15. ShellshockerArty
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:17 · typical 8:53
    17. Wind ×5
    18. WhistlerMissile truck
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Con turret
    27. ShellshockerArty
    28. Wind
    29. Converter ×2
    30. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. JunoJuno
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. JanusJanus ×3
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Con turret ×2
    39. JanusJanus
    40. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:03
    41. Con turret
    42. BlinkScout plane ×3
    43. StoutStout
    44. Con turret
    45. BlinkScout plane ×2
    46. Wind ×4
    47. BlinkScout plane
    48. StoutStout
    49. BlinkScout plane ×2
    50. Wind ×5
    51. BlinkScout plane
    52. Con turret
    53. BlinkScout plane
    54. StoutStout
    55. BlinkScout plane
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. BlinkScout plane
    58. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:26
    59. BlinkScout plane
    60. StoutStout
    61. BlinkScout plane ×2
    62. StoutStout
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. BlinkScout plane ×2
    65. StoutStout
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. BlinkScout plane
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. BlinkScout plane
    71. StoutStout
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. NettleNettle
    74. BlinkScout plane
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. BlinkScout plane
    77. Con turret
    78. BlinkScout plane
    79. StoutStout
    80. BlinkScout plane ×2
    81. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    82. BlinkScout plane ×2
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. BlinkScout plane
    85. StoutStout
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. BlinkScout plane ×2
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. BlinkScout plane
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    92. BlinkScout plane
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    94. BlinkScout plane
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. BlinkScout plane
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. StoutStout
    99. BlinkScout plane
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. BlinkScout plane
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    103. Pit BullPit Bull
    104. BlinkScout plane ×2
    105. StoutStout
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. BlinkScout plane
    108. StoutStout
    109. BlinkScout plane ×3
    110. StoutStout
    111. BlinkScout plane ×2
    112. StoutStout
    113. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    114. BlinkScout plane
    115. StoutStout
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. BlinkScout plane
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. BlinkScout plane
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    121. StoutStout
    122. BlinkScout plane
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. BlinkScout plane
    125. StoutStout
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. StoutStout
    128. BlinkScout plane
    129. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    130. BlinkScout plane
    131. StoutStout
    132. PulsarPulsar
    133. BlinkScout plane ×2
    134. StoutStout
    135. BlinkScout plane
    136. StoutStout
    137. BlinkScout plane
    138. Con turret
    139. Advanced solar
    140. Con turret
    141. BlinkScout plane
    142. StoutStout
    143. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF's (43 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

MischievousDragonGF

42.6 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
71 metal received · 120245 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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