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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. MaceMace ×4
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Mex
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. SentrySentry ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Mex
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 147 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:53
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Energy storage
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:16 · typical 8:52
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. TickTick
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn ×3
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Con turret
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×5
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×5
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×4
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Pit BullPit Bull
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Solar
    72. TickTick
    73. Solar
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×5
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn ×3
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×3
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×3
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:10
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. PawnPawn
    102. PlatypusPlatypus
    103. PawnPawn
    104. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    114. PawnPawn
    115. PlatypusPlatypus
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. PlatypusPlatypus
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    123. Wind
    124. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    125. Wind
    126. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:28
    127. Wind
    128. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    137. PawnPawn
    138. MercuryMercurynot finished by 15:00
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×4
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×3
    144. Con turret
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is I_pawngame_u's (37 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

I_pawngame_u

37.3 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1271 metal received · 27181 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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