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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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 214 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×2
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:31 · typical 8:52
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×4
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×4
    34. SentrySentry
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×4
    38. Wind ×4
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×3
    52. Mex
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. PawnPawn ×4
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Mex
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Con turret
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. CenturionCenturion ×2
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. SentrySentry
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Con turret
    68. Mex
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. CenturionCenturion
    79. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    80. Wind
    81. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:46 · typical 0:47
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Con turret
    90. Mex
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Mex
    94. TickTick
    95. Con turret
    96. StoutStout
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. SentrySentry
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. StoutStout
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. StoutStout
    108. TickTick
    109. SentrySentry
    110. Wind
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. TickTick
    113. StoutStout
    114. TickTick
    115. SentrySentry
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×3
    118. StoutStout
    119. TickTick
    120. SentrySentry
    121. StoutStout
    122. Mex
    123. SentrySentry
    124. Wind
    125. StoutStout
    126. Wind
    127. StoutStout
    128. Mex
    129. Wind
    130. StoutStout
    131. Wind
    132. StoutStout
    133. Wind
    134. Mex
    135. StoutStout
    136. Wind
    137. StoutStout ×3
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. StoutStout
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. StoutStout
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. StoutStout
    147. TickTick
    148. SentrySentry
    149. TickTick
    150. StoutStout
    151. TickTick
    152. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    153. TickTick
    154. SentrySentry
    155. TickTick
    156. StoutStout
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. StoutStout
    161. TickTick
    162. Converter
    163. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. StoutStout
    167. Converter
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. SentrySentry
    170. TickTick
    171. StoutStout
    172. Converter
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. StoutStout
    175. Wind
    176. Converter
    177. TickTick ×2
    178. StoutStout
    179. TickTick
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    184. StoutStout
    185. TickTick ×2
    186. StoutStout
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. Mex
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. StoutStout
    193. TickTick
    194. LazarusLazarus
    195. Converter
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. StoutStout
    198. Wind
    199. Converter
    200. LazarusLazarus
    201. StoutStout
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick
    204. Converter
    205. TickTick
    206. StoutStout
    207. TickTick
    208. Converter
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind
    211. StoutStout
    212. TickTick ×2
    213. Converter
    214. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is confirm_'s (62 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

confirm_

61.6 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1990 metal received · 35505 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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