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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (50 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

PRO_Rerory

50.0 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1460 metal received · 59527 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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