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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 · 24 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    19. TickTick ×3
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 209 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind ×6
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. Energy storage
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Advanced solar
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    37. TickTick
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. Wind
    40. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:33 · typical 0:47
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. TickTick
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    45. TickTick
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Con turret
    52. TickTick
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Mex
    62. Converter
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. TickTick
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Mex
    81. Wind ×2
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. BlitzBlitz ×3
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×3
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TickTick
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. TickTick
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. SentrySentry
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. BlitzBlitz ×2
    149. SentrySentry
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Converter
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. SentrySentry
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. Wind ×3
    161. ChainsawChainsaw
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. NettleNettle
    164. Wind ×2
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. NettleNettle
    168. Wind ×2
    169. Converter
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:02 · typical 8:52
    173. Converter
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×2
    178. Converter ×2
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×2
    184. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×2
    187. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×2
    190. Converter ×2
    191. Wind
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Converter
    195. Wind
    196. Metal storage
    197. Wind
    198. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    199. Wind ×2
    200. Converter
    201. SentrySentry
    202. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    203. Wind
    204. SentrySentry
    205. Wind
    206. SentrySentry
    207. Converter
    208. Wind
    209. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (62 OS, 20/08/2026); 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_

61.6 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 11418 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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