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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. MaceMace ×2
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 162 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. ThugThug
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Mex
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. NettleNettle
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Energy storage
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Advanced solar
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Solar
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Solar
    39. Advanced solar
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Con turret
    45. PawnPawn
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Advanced solar
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. SentrySentry
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Energy storage
    56. Wind
    57. Energy storage
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Mex
    63. Wind
    64. Energy storage
    65. PawnPawn
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind ×2
    70. PawnPawn
    71. NettleNettle
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Wind ×2
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. SentrySentry
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. SentrySentry
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. NettleNettle
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:48 · typical 0:47
    95. Wind
    96. SentrySentry
    97. FatboyFatboydone 9:38
    98. Wind
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    101. Converter
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    105. Wind
    106. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    110. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:29
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. Metal storage
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:42 · typical 8:52
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    125. Converter
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. Wind
    128. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    129. Wind
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    136. Wind
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    138. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    139. ConsulConsul
    140. Wind
    141. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    142. Converter
    143. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    146. Converter
    147. BullBulldone 13:47
    148. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:44
    149. Converter ×2
    150. BullBull
    151. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:47
    152. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    153. BeamerBeamer
    154. Converter
    155. Con turret
    156. Converter
    157. Con turret ×2
    158. Converter
    159. Con turret
    160. Converter
    161. Con turret ×2
    162. BlinkScout plane

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (36 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

35.6 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
230 metal received · 40402 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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