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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
    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 (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 · 41 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Mex
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. SentrySentry
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. SentrySentry
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. 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 · 241 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:45 · typical 0:47
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Energy storage
    33. Wind ×2
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Energy storage
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×2
    44. PawnPawn
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:23 · typical 8:52
    52. Wind ×6
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind ×6
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. Wind ×2
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind ×2
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Wind
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. NettleNettle
    72. Wind ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind ×2
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind ×2
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. Wind ×2
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Con turret
    136. Converter
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind ×3
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. Converter
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind ×2
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Converter
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. Con turret
    160. Converter
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    165. Converter
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Converter
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Wind ×2
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Converter
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind
    178. Con turret
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Wind ×2
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind ×2
    190. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Converter
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Wind
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. PawnPawn
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. Wind
    199. PawnPawn
    200. Wind ×2
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. Converter
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Con turret
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Wind ×2
    208. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. Wind
    211. PawnPawn
    212. Converter
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. PawnPawn
    215. Wind
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. Wind
    218. PawnPawn
    219. Wind
    220. Con turret
    221. Converter
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Wind
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn
    228. Wind
    229. Converter
    230. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    231. BlitzBlitz
    232. PawnPawn
    233. BlitzBlitz
    234. Wind
    235. Converter
    236. Wind
    237. PawnPawn
    238. Wind
    239. BlitzBlitz
    240. PawnPawn
    241. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (35 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.2 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
163 metal received · 25686 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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