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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 · 973 distinct matches · 130 players · 74% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1106 · 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 973 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 0:35–8:46

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (42%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 162 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout
    5. Wind
    6. RoverScout ×4
    7. Mex
    8. RoverScout
    9. Mex
    10. RoverScout
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Mex ×3
    15. JanusJanus ×2
    16. Mex
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. JanusJanus
    20. SentrySentry ×2
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Wind
    23. JanusJanus
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. BlitzBlitz ×4
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. BlitzBlitz ×2
    44. Metal storage
    45. SentrySentry
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. SentrySentry
    48. BlitzBlitz ×2
    49. SentrySentry
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. SentrySentry
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Con turret
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Con turret
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Con turret
    59. SentrySentry ×2
    60. BlitzBlitz ×4
    61. Con turret
    62. Advanced solar
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. SentrySentry ×3
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Advanced solar
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced solar
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Advanced solar
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Converter ×5
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Converter
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:31 · typical 8:53
    98. Converter ×2
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind ×2
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Converter
    113. BlitzBlitz ×2
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    118. Wind
    119. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    120. Wind
    121. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Converter
    128. BlitzBlitz ×2
    129. Converter
    130. BlitzBlitz ×3
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz ×2
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Con turret
    146. Converter
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Converter
    149. BlitzBlitz ×2
    150. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Wind
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz ×2
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:52 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (45%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (43%) · tick (40%) · centurion (36%)

    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 (38%) · pawn (35%) · Lazarus (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Converter ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus ×3
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:23
    10. Con turret
    11. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:59
    12. Wind ×5
    13. StormbringerBomber
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. StormbringerBomber
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. StormbringerBomber
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×2
    23. StormbringerBomber
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. StormbringerBomber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (40 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 69% 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

1106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008452131
3:001625141105
4:002713541333
5:0038681197816
6:00507821211524
7:00633930122448
8:00766738773357
9:00911846694311
10:001069653425050
11:001264758395699
12:001486663976527
13:001746370137244
14:002018476298090
15:002267783978941
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

Damsko

39.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
56 metal received · 24920 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:46 · n=695
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:37–0:57 · n=789
Advanced Metal Extractor8:53Middle 50%: 8:01–10:02 · n=884

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