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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 · 90 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:47
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. RoverScout
    6. Mex
    7. RoverScout ×2
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    9. Mex
    10. JanusJanus ×2
    11. Mex
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    22. WhistlerMissile truck ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    25. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. WhistlerMissile truck
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    30. Mex
    31. Con turret
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. BlitzBlitz ×2
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. BlitzBlitz ×2
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Con turret
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:02 · typical 8:52
    52. Wind ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Converter
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz ×2
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Con turret
    83. BlitzBlitz ×3
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Con turret
    89. Converter
    90. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:12 · 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 · 92 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind ×3
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. RoverScout
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. RoverScout ×2
    14. Wind ×2
    15. RoverScout
    16. Wind
    17. RoverScout ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RoverScout ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RoverScout
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:20
    24. RoverScout
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. RoverScout
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×4
    32. RoverScout
    33. Wind
    34. Converter ×2
    35. HoundHound
    36. Wind
    37. HoundHound
    38. Wind ×2
    39. HoundHound
    40. Wind ×3
    41. HoundHound
    42. SmugglerJammer bot
    43. CompassRadar bot
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. SmugglerJammer bot
    47. Wind
    48. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:42
    49. HoundHound
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. HoundHound
    53. Wind
    54. HoundHound
    55. Wind ×2
    56. HoundHound
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. HoundHound
    60. Wind ×2
    61. WelderWelder
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×3
    65. WelderWelder
    66. Converter ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. WelderWelder
    69. Wind ×2
    70. WelderWelder
    71. Wind ×3
    72. WelderWelder
    73. Wind ×2
    74. SharpshooterSniper botdone 13:31
    75. Converter
    76. Pit BullPit Bull
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter
    79. SharpshooterSniper bot
    80. Wind ×5
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. SharpshooterSniper bot
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×3
    86. PlatypusPlatypus
    87. Wind
    88. PlatypusPlatypus
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. PlatypusPlatypus
    92. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is darkstar23's (36 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

darkstar23

35.6 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
274 metal received · 116733 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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