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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 · 102 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Tidal
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Mex
    11. JanusJanus
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Mex
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Mex
    18. JanusJanus ×3
    19. BlitzBlitz ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. BlitzBlitz ×6
    22. Wind
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Mex
    25. Wind ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. Energy storage
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Metal storage
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Con turret
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. JanusJanus
    36. Con turret
    37. NettleNettle
    38. Wind
    39. JanusJanus
    40. Wind ×2
    41. SentrySentry
    42. JanusJanus
    43. Wind ×3
    44. JanusJanus
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. NettleNettle
    48. JanusJanus
    49. Wind
    50. NettleNettle
    51. WhistlerMissile truck
    52. Con turret
    53. WhistlerMissile truck
    54. Con turret
    55. BeholderBeholder
    56. Wind
    57. WhistlerMissile truck
    58. Wind ×2
    59. WhistlerMissile truck
    60. Wind
    61. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:13
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind ×2
    64. BeholderBeholder
    65. Wind ×3
    66. OspreyHeavy transport
    67. Wind ×2
    68. BlinkScout plane
    69. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    70. Con turret
    71. Energy storage
    72. Wind
    73. Energy storage
    74. Wind
    75. Energy storage
    76. Wind
    77. Energy storage
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:39 · typical 8:52
    83. Wind ×14
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    86. BeamerBeamer
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Converter
    90. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:56
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Converter
    93. StorkLight transport ×3
    94. Converter
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Converter
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Con turret ×2
    102. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:52 · 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

  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 · 120 steps
    1. Converter
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Converter
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Pit BullPit Bull
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:30
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. PawnPawn
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:22
    40. Wind ×2
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. PawnPawn
    43. CrossbowCrossbow
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. CrossbowCrossbow
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. CrossbowCrossbow
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind ×2
    61. CrossbowCrossbow
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. PawnPawn
    64. CrossbowCrossbow
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. CrossbowCrossbow
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind ×2
    71. PawnPawn
    72. CrossbowCrossbow
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. CrossbowCrossbow
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. CrossbowCrossbow
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. CrossbowCrossbow
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. PawnPawn
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. CrossbowCrossbow
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. PawnPawn
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. PawnPawn
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. PawnPawn
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. PawnPawn
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. PawnPawn
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. PawnPawn
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. PawnPawn
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. PawnPawn
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

haaven

46.0 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
205 metal received · 74361 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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