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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 · 112 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Mex ×2
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Mex
    8. BlitzBlitz ×4
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. JanusJanus
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. JanusJanus
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. JanusJanus
    22. Wind
    23. JanusJanus ×2
    24. Wind
    25. BlitzBlitz ×2
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Mex
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz ×2
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×3
    35. Energy storage
    36. BlitzBlitz ×7
    37. Con turret
    38. BlitzBlitz ×3
    39. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:56
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Con turret
    42. BlitzBlitz ×2
    43. OspreyHeavy transport
    44. BlitzBlitz ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:46 · typical 8:52
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    64. Wind ×7
    65. Converter
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind ×3
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind ×2
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind ×4
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Converter
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Converter
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    107. Mex
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    111. Converter
    112. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 118 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Wind
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Wind ×2
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:01
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Mexfor Suicide front
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Mexfor Suicide front
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. ConsulConsul
    45. Converter
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. ConsulConsul
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind ×3
    53. ConsulConsul
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:06
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. ConsulConsul
    60. Converter
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. ConsulConsul
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind ×3
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind ×2
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Wind
    81. Metal storage
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind ×2
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Wind
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    107. Wind
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

Damsko

39.2 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
493 metal received · 45340 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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