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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Leohvm

50.9 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
232 metal received · 18509 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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