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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. Wind
  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 · 27 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. BlitzBlitz ×5
    11. Mex
    12. BlitzBlitz ×3
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. JanusJanus ×3
    17. Solar ×2
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Energy storage
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Mex
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. StoutStout
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 182 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Wind
    12. BlitzBlitz ×2
    13. Wind
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Con turret
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:07 · typical 8:52
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Wind ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Wind ×2
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Wind ×3
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Con turret
    56. Mex
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Mex
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz ×3
    66. Wind
    67. Mex
    68. BlitzBlitz ×2
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz ×2
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Advanced solar
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:28
    113. Wind
    114. Advanced solar
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. Con turret
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. SentrySentry
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Advanced solar
    129. Con turret
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. SentrySentry
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. Wind
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. SentrySentry
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. Con turret
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. SentrySentry
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz ×4
    146. Wind
    147. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    148. BlitzBlitz ×2
    149. Advanced solar
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz ×2
    153. Wind
    154. BlitzBlitz ×3
    155. Wind
    156. BlitzBlitz ×6
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz ×5
    159. Con turret
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz ×2
    163. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    164. BlitzBlitz ×2
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz ×2
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz ×3
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz ×2
    171. Con turret
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind
    174. BlitzBlitz ×4
    175. Advanced solar
    176. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    177. BlitzBlitz ×2
    178. Con turret
    179. BlitzBlitz ×2
    180. Wind
    181. Con turret
    182. Advanced solar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Immort

54.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
507 metal received · 12806 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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