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

  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 · 25 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. Con turret
    4. NettleNettle ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret ×3
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:42
    10. NettleNettle
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:44
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:48
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. NettleNettle
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 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

haaven

45.7 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
515 metal received · 64054 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

Played most by

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