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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (40 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

0neTw0

40.3 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 22324 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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