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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. SentrySentry
    20. LazarusLazarus ×2
    21. Wind ×6
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×5
  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 · 108 steps
    1. Wind ×5
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:39 · typical 8:52
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Wind ×6
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×8
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×13
    16. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:50 · typical 0:47
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:10
    34. Wind ×4
    35. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:09
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Energy storage
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    44. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Wind
    48. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    49. Wind ×2
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind ×4
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind ×14
    64. StarlightStarlightdone 11:09
    65. Wind ×7
    66. StarlightStarlight
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×3
    70. StarlightStarlight
    71. Wind ×7
    72. Con turret
    73. UmbraJammer
    74. Wind
    75. ProphetRadar vehicle
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Con turret
    81. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:34
    82. Wind ×6
    83. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 12:46
    84. Wind ×4
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. SentrySentry
    89. AmbassadorAmbassador
    90. Wind
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. AmbassadorAmbassador
    98. Wind ×6
    99. T2 converter
    100. Wind ×6
    101. T2 converter
    102. Wind ×5
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×5
    107. T2 converter
    108. Wind ×22

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

[crd]sisa

44.8 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
2221 metal received · 13219 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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