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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 · 118 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Wind ×2
    19. JanusJanus
    20. Energy storage
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Con turret
    23. JanusJanus
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×2
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Wind ×2
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Con turret
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind ×2
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind ×2
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Con turret
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Mex
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Con turret
    75. SentrySentry
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BeamerBeamer
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Energy storage
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:29 · typical 8:52
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Con turret ×2
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Wind ×4
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind ×3
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:27
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:27 · 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 · 75 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. LazarusLazarus ×4
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×9
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. PawnPawn ×5
    11. Energy storage
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Energy storage
    14. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:40
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:39
    17. PawnPawn ×4
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. PawnPawn ×4
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. PawnPawn ×4
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. PawnPawn ×4
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. PawnPawn
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. PawnPawn ×3
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. PawnPawn ×10
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. PawnPawn ×6
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. PawnPawn
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. PawnPawn
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. PawnPawn
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. PawnPawn
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. PawnPawn ×3
    75. BlitzBlitz

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
1339 metal received · 92529 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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