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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
  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 · 126 steps
    1. Mex
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. AnemoneAnemone
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Con turret
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×3
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind ×2
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:30
    63. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Energy storage ×2
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. PawnPawn
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind ×4
    75. Con turret
    76. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:01 · typical 0:47
    77. Wind ×4
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz ×2
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz ×2
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Con turret
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. JunoJuno
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Energy storage
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Energy storage
    112. Wind ×3
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz ×2
    116. Wind ×2
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Converter
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Converter
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (35 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.5 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
162 metal received · 29540 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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