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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
  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 · 34 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:52 · typical 0:47
    2. RoverScout
    3. Wind
    4. RoverScout ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. JanusJanus ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. WhistlerMissile truck
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. JanusJanus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. JanusJanus
    21. Wind
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. Wind
    24. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    25. Wind
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. JanusJanus
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz ×3
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 117 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×3
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×2
    4. Wind
    5. BlitzBlitz ×4
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×3
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Wind
    18. Wind
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. WardenWarden
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. WardenWarden
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Wind
    32. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:23
    33. Wind
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. Wind
    36. WardenWarden
    37. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:55
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:08 · typical 8:52
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. Wind
    45. Mex
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. AgitatorAgitator
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Con turret
    56. Advanced solar
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced solar
    65. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:24
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Advanced solar
    72. Wind ×4
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Advanced solar
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind ×2
    77. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced solar
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Converter
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Converter
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Converter
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Converter
    117. Wind

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

JustSomeGuy

37.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

43 received units · includes a constructor
426 metal received · 11073 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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