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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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Mex
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. 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 · 329 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Converter
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:19 · typical 8:52
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Con turret ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×2
    55. PawnPawn
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. TickTick
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. TickTick
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. SentrySentry
    68. TickTick ×5
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. TickTick
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Converter
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. TickTick
    75. Converter
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick
    80. SentrySentry
    81. TickTick ×4
    82. Con turret
    83. TickTick
    84. SentrySentry
    85. TickTick
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. SentrySentry
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. Energy storage
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Converter
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Converter
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. Mexfor Suicide front
    117. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Converter
    128. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×2
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind ×3
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. Mex
    140. Wind
    141. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:54
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind ×3
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind ×3
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. NettleNettle
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Wind ×2
    158. PawnPawn ×2
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn ×2
    161. Wind ×3
    162. PawnPawn ×2
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind ×2
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn ×2
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn ×3
    173. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:35
    174. PawnPawn
    175. SentrySentry
    176. Wind ×2
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind
    181. PawnPawn ×2
    182. Wind ×2
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn ×2
    188. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    189. Wind ×2
    190. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    191. PawnPawn ×2
    192. Wind
    193. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    194. Wind
    195. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    196. PawnPawn ×2
    197. Wind
    198. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Wind
    202. PawnPawn
    203. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    204. Wind
    205. PawnPawn
    206. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    207. Wind
    208. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    209. PawnPawn
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn ×2
    212. Wind ×2
    213. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    214. Converter
    215. PawnPawn
    216. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Wind
    219. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    220. Wind
    221. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    222. PawnPawn ×2
    223. Wind
    224. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    225. PawnPawn
    226. Wind
    227. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    228. PawnPawn ×2
    229. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    230. PawnPawn
    231. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    232. PawnPawn
    233. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    234. Wind ×2
    235. PawnPawn
    236. Converter
    237. PawnPawn
    238. Wind
    239. PawnPawn ×2
    240. Wind ×2
    241. PawnPawn ×2
    242. Wind
    243. PawnPawn ×2
    244. Wind
    245. PawnPawn
    246. Wind
    247. PawnPawn ×3
    248. Con turret
    249. PawnPawn
    250. Wind ×3
    251. PawnPawn ×2
    252. Advanced solar
    253. PawnPawn
    254. Wind
    255. PawnPawn
    256. Wind
    257. PawnPawn ×3
    258. Wind
    259. PawnPawn
    260. Wind
    261. PawnPawn ×2
    262. SentrySentry
    263. PawnPawn
    264. Con turret
    265. PawnPawn
    266. Wind
    267. Con turret
    268. PawnPawn ×3
    269. Converter
    270. PawnPawn
    271. Con turret
    272. PawnPawn
    273. Wind
    274. Converter
    275. PawnPawn ×2
    276. SentrySentry
    277. PawnPawn
    278. Wind
    279. PawnPawn
    280. Wind
    281. PawnPawn ×3
    282. Converter
    283. PawnPawn
    284. Wind
    285. PawnPawn ×2
    286. Wind ×2
    287. PawnPawn ×4
    288. Wind
    289. PawnPawn ×2
    290. Pit BullPit Bull
    291. Wind
    292. PawnPawn ×3
    293. Wind ×2
    294. PawnPawn ×4
    295. Wind
    296. PawnPawn
    297. Wind
    298. PawnPawn ×2
    299. LazarusLazarus ×2
    300. Converter
    301. Wind ×2
    302. LazarusLazarus ×2
    303. Wind ×2
    304. Construction BotCon bot
    305. PawnPawn
    306. LazarusLazarus
    307. PawnPawn
    308. Wind
    309. Converter
    310. PawnPawn
    311. Wind
    312. PawnPawn ×2
    313. Wind
    314. Con turret
    315. PawnPawn ×2
    316. Wind
    317. PawnPawn
    318. Con turret
    319. PawnPawn
    320. Wind
    321. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    322. Converter
    323. PawnPawn
    324. Wind
    325. PawnPawn
    326. Con turret
    327. PawnPawn
    328. Wind ×2
    329. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (52 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

52.2 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1285 metal received · 80638 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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