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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. CenturionCenturion ×2
    15. Wind
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. 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 · 177 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion ×2
    5. Wind
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Con turret
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. SentrySentry
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 8:52
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×10
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×5
    46. Energy storage ×2
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 10:20
    49. Wind ×10
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×9
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×10
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. TickTick ×6
    65. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:31 · typical 0:47
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×13
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:01
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Energy storage
    83. TickTick ×10
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Con turret ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. TickTick ×4
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind ×2
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind ×3
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. TickTick ×4
    105. Converter
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00
    108. TickTick ×3
    109. GremlinStealth tank
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×6
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×8
    118. GremlinStealth tank
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×5
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. GremlinStealth tank
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. GremlinStealth tank
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. GremlinStealth tank
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. TickTick
    142. Converter
    143. TickTick ×7
    144. Wind
    145. ShredderShredderdone 14:31
    146. TickTick ×3
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Converter
    152. TickTick ×3
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. TickTick ×5
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×5
    160. ShredderShredder
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×14
    163. ShredderShredder
    164. TickTick ×3
    165. Wind
    166. Converter
    167. TickTick
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick ×2
    170. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    171. TickTick ×5
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. Converter
    175. TickTick
    176. ShredderShredder
    177. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SauceDispenser's (35 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

SauceDispenser

35.4 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
533 metal received · 67970 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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