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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 · 956 distinct matches · 128 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1089 · 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 956 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 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:52 · typical 0:47
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RoverScout
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus
    10. RoverScout ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RoverScout ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. JanusJanus
    15. Mex
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. JanusJanus ×2
    19. Mex
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
  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 (47%) · blitz (38%) · rocketeer (38%) · 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 · 120 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz ×3
    11. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitz ×3
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. JanusJanus ×2
    19. OverwatchOverwatch
    20. Con turret
    21. JanusJanus ×3
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:55 · typical 8:53
    23. OverwatchOverwatch
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. WhistlerMissile truck
    30. Wind
    31. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. WhistlerMissile truck
    35. Wind
    36. WhistlerMissile truck
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Con turret
    43. BlitzBlitz ×2
    44. Mex
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz ×4
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. Mex
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Converter
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Mex
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz ×2
    78. SentrySentry
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:34
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. RoverScout
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. RoverScout
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. RoverScout
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. RoverScout ×2
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. RoverScout
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (40 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

1089 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001623141105
4:002712543333
5:0038681199818
6:00507821201534
7:00632830062457
8:00766238713361
9:00908746384329
10:001066653235062
11:001262258385711
12:001483463856544
13:001745070287287
14:002018376558104
15:002266984148946
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

0neTw0

40.5 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 11314 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=686
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=774
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:03 · n=869

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