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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 48 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Mex
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
  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 · 136 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. NettleNettle
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. NettleNettle
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:41 · typical 0:47
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind ×4
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Converter
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind ×2
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Wind ×2
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind ×7
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×8
    61. LazarusLazarus ×2
    62. Wind
    63. LazarusLazarus ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Converter
    67. Con turret
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:12 · typical 8:52
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Converter
    73. Con turret
    74. Energy storage
    75. Wind
    76. Mex
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Con turret
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind ×2
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×4
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×3
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. Wind ×5
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×10
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind ×9
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind ×15
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. Wind ×2
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. Wind ×12
    111. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:50
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. Wind ×4
    115. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    116. Wind ×9
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind ×8
    122. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 14:27
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. Wind ×2
    125. AmbassadorAmbassador
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. AmbassadorAmbassador
    130. Wind
    131. BeamerBeamer
    132. Wind
    133. BeamerBeamer
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. Wind
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

[crd]sisa

44.8 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
117 metal received · 51570 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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